U+10118 "𐄘" Aegean Number Ninety Unicode Character

U+10118 "𐄘" Aegean Number Ninety is a numeral from the Linear A and Linear B script system, used in the Aegean Bronze Age, particularly in ancient Crete and Mycenaean Greece, to represent the number 90. This character is part of the Aegean Numbers block of Unicode, which encodes numeric symbols found on artifacts such as clay tablets and inscriptions. Its design typically consists of a horizontal line with a series of vertical strokes or hooks, reflecting a base ten system that combined simple tallies for units with specific signs for higher decades. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent a key component of early European writing and accounting practices.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10118
Version Added	4.0
Name	Aegean Number Ninety
Block	Aegean Numbers
General Category	Other Number
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐄘
HTML Hex Encoding	𐄘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x84 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD18
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010118
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd18

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	Numeric
Numeric Value	90
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