U+100F6 "𐃶" Linear B Ideogram Vessel B227 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐃶
U+100F6 "𐃶" Linear B Ideogram Vessel B227 is a symbol from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used in Mycenaean Greece primarily for administrative and accounting purposes on clay tablets dating from around 1450 to 1200 BCE. Specifically categorized as an ideogram for a vessel or container, this character represents a type of pottery or storage item, designated as vessel type B227 in the standard classification of Linear B ideograms. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of this historical script, aiding linguists and archaeologists in analyzing Mycenaean economic records, such as inventories of goods like oil, wine, or other commodities that were likely stored in such vessels.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+100F6 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram Vessel B227 |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐃶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐃶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x83 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDCF6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000100F6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udcf6 |