U+10625 "𐘥" Linear A Sign Ab044 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐘥
U+10625 "𐘥" Linear A Sign Ab044 is a glyph representing a specific syllabic or ideographic sign from the Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age. This script remains undeciphered, so the exact phonetic or semantic meaning of the sign is unknown, though it is cataloged as Ab044 in standard scholarly classifications of Linear A. The character is included in Unicode’s Linear A block to facilitate digital encoding, preservation, and study of ancient Aegean writing systems. Despite its unreadable status, the sign provides valuable evidence for understanding Minoan administrative and economic activities, as Linear A inscriptions primarily appear on clay tablets and ritual objects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10625 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign Ab044 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐘥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐘥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDE25 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010625 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\ude25 |