U+1010E "𐄎" Aegean Number Eight Unicode Character

U+1010E "𐄎" Aegean Number Eight is a numerical symbol from the ancient Aegean script used primarily in Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, such as on artifacts from Crete and mainland Greece during the Bronze Age. This character forms part of the Aegean Numbers block, which encodes numerals found in Linear A and Linear B writing systems, representing the quantity eight through a series of vertical strokes in its typical epigraphic form. Modern digital use allows researchers and linguists to accurately represent these ancient numerical notations in text, aiding the study of early accounting records, trade, and administrative practices from around 1800 to 1200 BCE.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1010E
Version Added	4.0
Name	Aegean Number Eight
Block	Aegean Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐄎
HTML Hex Encoding	𐄎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x84 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD0E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001010E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd0e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	8
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Cypriot Linear A Linear B
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other