U+101F8 "𐇸" Phaistos Disc Sign Flute Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐇸
U+101F8 "𐇸" Phaistos Disc Sign Flute is a pictographic symbol from the undeciphered Phaistos Disc, a Minoan clay artifact discovered in Crete and dated to around 1700–1600 BCE. This sign depicts a curved, flute-like instrument and is one of 45 distinct stamped symbols on the disc, which scholars often categorize as representing either a tool, a ritual object, or a musical instrument used in ancient Minoan culture. While the exact meaning of 𐇸 remains unknown due to the disc's unbroken code, it contributes to ongoing research into Bronze Age writing systems and symbolism, with some theories suggesting the disc may contain a prayer, a narrative, or a calendrical record.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+101F8 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Phaistos Disc Sign Flute |
| 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 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDDF8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000101F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\uddf8 |
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 |