U+101EA "𐇪" Phaistos Disc Sign Hide Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐇪
U+101EA "𐇪" Phaistos Disc Sign Hide is a pictographic symbol derived from the enigmatic Phaistos Disc, a fired clay disc discovered in 1908 on the island of Crete and dating to the second millennium BCE. This particular sign depicts a rectangular shape with a central line or fold, interpreted by scholars as representing an animal hide or skin, possibly associated with trade, resource value, or ceremonial use. As part of the Phaistos Disc script, which remains undeciphered and contains 45 distinct symbols stamped in a spiral pattern, the Hide sign is among the most visually recognizable characters, contributing to ongoing archaeological and linguistic debates about Minoan civilization and the potential for a lost writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+101EA |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Phaistos Disc Sign Hide |
| 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 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDDEA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000101EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\uddea |
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 |