U+1012A "𐄪" Aegean Number Nine Thousand Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐄪

U+1012A "𐄪" Aegean Number Nine Thousand is a historical numeral from the Aegean script, used in the Bronze Age by Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, particularly in the Linear A and Linear B writing systems. This character represents the numeric value of nine thousand, forming part of a larger set of decimal-based symbols that recorded quantities in administrative and economic documents on clay tablets. Found primarily at archaeological sites like Knossos and Pylos, these numerals were essential for tallying goods such as grain, livestock, and tribute. The inclusion of this character in Unicode preserves a key piece of ancient accounting and numerical notation, offering scholars and enthusiasts a direct way to digitally represent and study early Greek and pre-Greek numerical practices.

General Properties

Code Point U+1012A
Version Added 4.0
Name Aegean Number Nine Thousand
Block Aegean Numbers
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐄪
HTML Hex Encoding 𐄪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x84 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDD2A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001012A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udd2a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 9000
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