U+10604 "𐘄" Linear A Sign Ab005 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐘄

U+10604 "𐘄" Linear A Sign Ab005 is a symbol from the undeciphered Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, approximately from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as AB005 in the standard syllabary, represents a phonetic syllable, though its precise sound value remains unknown because Linear A has not yet been fully deciphered. It is visually characterized by a simple, linear shape and was typically inscribed on clay tablets and other artifacts found at archaeological sites such as Knossos and Phaistos. Scholars study these signs to analyze the administrative and economic records of the Minoans, as Linear A is believed to have been used primarily for accounting purposes.

General Properties

Code Point U+10604
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab005
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐘄
HTML Hex Encoding 𐘄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE04
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010604
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude04

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 Linear A
Script Extensions Linear A
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter