U+101D7 "𐇗" Phaistos Disc Sign Gauntlet Unicode Character

U+101D7 "𐇗" Phaistos Disc Sign Gauntlet is a pictographic symbol from the undeciphered Phaistos Disc, a mysterious clay artifact discovered in 1908 on the island of Crete and dating to the Minoan civilization of the second millennium BCE. This particular sign depicts what appears to be a gauntlet or armored glove, likely representing a piece of protective gear or a ceremonial object, and it is one of 45 distinct symbols stamped into the disc using movable type, making the artifact a remarkable early example of printing technology. While the exact meaning of the gauntlet sign remains unknown, scholars have proposed that it may have functioned as a syllabic or logographic element in a lost script, possibly used for administrative or religious purposes, though no definitive translation has been achieved.

General Properties

Code Point	U+101D7
Version Added	5.1
Name	Phaistos Disc Sign Gauntlet
Block	Phaistos Disc
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 0x87 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDDD7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000101D7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\uddd7

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	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other