U+10626 "𐘦" Linear A Sign Ab045 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐘦

U+10626 "𐘦" Linear A Sign Ab045 is a symbol from the Linear A script, a writing system used by the Minoan civilization on Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily between approximately 1800 and 1450 BCE. This particular sign, cataloged as Ab045 in the standard corpus, is one of many syllabic or ideographic characters that remain largely undeciphered, as Linear A has not been reliably translated. While its exact phonetic value or meaning is unknown, it is believed to represent a commodity or a syllable within the administrative and economic texts where Linear A appears, often inscribed on clay tablets. The inclusion of this ancient character in the Unicode standard allows for its digital representation and study, preserving a key artifact of one of Europe's earliest known writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+10626
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab045
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐘦
HTML Hex Encoding 𐘦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE26
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010626
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude26

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