U+101E1 "𐇡" Phaistos Disc Sign Boomerang Unicode Character

U+101E1 "𐇡" Phaistos Disc Sign Boomerang is a pictographic symbol from the enigmatic Phaistos Disc, a fired clay disk discovered in 1908 on the island of Crete and dated to the Minoan Bronze Age around 1700 to 1600 BCE. This sign, which depicts a curved, throwing stick like a boomerang or throwing club, is one of 45 distinct pictorial symbols stamped into the disk’s spiral inscription. Its exact meaning remains unknown, as the Phaistos Disc script has never been deciphered, but scholars have proposed that it might represent a weapon, a tool, or a ceremonial object, possibly serving a phonetic, syllabic, or logographic function in the context of Minoan language or ritual. The symbol contributes to the enduring mystery of the artifact, which continues to intrigue linguists, archaeologists, and cryptographers.

General Properties

Code Point	U+101E1
Version Added	5.1
Name	Phaistos Disc Sign Boomerang
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 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDDE1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000101E1
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udde1

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