U+10137 "𐄷" Aegean Weight Base Unit Unicode Character

U+10137 "𐄷" Aegean Weight Base Unit is a symbol from the ancient Aegean or Mycenaean Linear A script, representing a specific unit of measurement used for weighing commodities such as grain or metal in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. This character, part of the Aegean Numbers Unicode block, functioned as a foundational standard within their metrological systems, indicating a base weight from which larger or fractional units were derived. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and digital historians to encode and study these ancient scripts, preserving a glimpse into the economic and administrative practices of the Bronze Age Aegean world.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10137
Version Added	4.0
Name	Aegean Weight Base Unit
Block	Aegean Numbers
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐄷
HTML Hex Encoding	𐄷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x84 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD37
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010137
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd37

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Cypriot Linear B
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other