U+10179 "𐅹" Greek Year Sign Unicode Character

U+10179 "𐅹" Greek Year Sign is a specialized symbol from the Ancient Greek Numbers block, used in classical epigraphical and historical texts to denote a specific year in Greek numeral systems, often functioning as an abbreviation for the Greek word for year when combined with numeric values to mark dates on inscriptions, coins, or manuscripts. Its form resembles an uppercase epsilon with a horizontal stroke or a modified letter koppa, and it belongs to a set of ancient numeric and accounting symbols that were employed before the adoption of widespread standard numerals. This sign is primarily of interest to scholars deciphering Greek historical documents and is rarely seen in modern digital contexts except in specialized academic fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10179
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Year Sign
Block	Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐅹
HTML Hex Encoding	𐅹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x85 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD79
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010179
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd79

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	Greek
Script Extensions	Greek
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other