U+101DD "𐇝" Phaistos Disc Sign Manacles Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐇝
U+101DD "𐇝" Phaistos Disc Sign Manacles is a pictographic symbol originating from the enigmatic Phaistos Disc, a fired clay artifact discovered in Crete and dated to the Minoan Bronze Age, around 1700 to 1600 BCE. This sign, which depicts a binding or cuff like object, is one of 45 distinct symbols stamped into the disc's spiral of undeciphered text, leading scholars to speculate it represents an item of constraint or servitude. As part of the Phaistos Disc supplement block in Unicode, this character enables digital representation of the disc's script, though its exact meaning and phonetic value remain unknown, adding to the artifact's mystery and ongoing research in historical linguistics and cryptography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+101DD |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Phaistos Disc Sign Manacles |
| 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 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDDDD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000101DD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udddd |
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 |