U+1061A "𐘚" Linear A Sign Ab028 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐘚

U+1061A "𐘚" Linear A Sign Ab028 is a script symbol derived from the Linear A writing system used by the Minoan civilization of Bronze Age Crete, primarily from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This sign, cataloged as AB028 in the standard classification system that correlates Linear A with its partially related script Linear B, represents a syllabic character whose precise phonetic value remains undeciphered due to the limited corpus and unknown underlying Minoan language. Archaeologists and epigraphers have recovered this symbol on clay tablets, seal stones, and other administrative artifacts from sites such as Knossos and Phaistos, where it likely served for recording economic transactions or religious inventories. Despite extensive scholarly analysis, the exact meaning or sound of AB028 continues to elude researchers, making it a key piece in the ongoing puzzle to understand Minoan civilization and its lost language.

General Properties

Code Point U+1061A
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab028
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐘚
HTML Hex Encoding 𐘚
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE1A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001061A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude1a

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