U+10616 "𐘖" Linear A Sign Ab023M Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐘖
U+10616 "𐘖" Linear A Sign Ab023M is a symbol from the undeciphered writing system known as Linear A, which was used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, roughly from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign belongs to a class of characters often interpreted as representing syllables or logograms, and its AB023 designation follows the standard indexing system used by scholars to catalog the known Linear A repertoire. While the exact phonetic value or meaning of "𐘖" remains unknown due to the language's undeciphered status, its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and facilitate digital research into ancient scripts and the ongoing efforts to understand Minoan language and administration.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10616 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign Ab023M |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐘖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐘖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDE16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010616 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\ude16 |