U+10629 "𐘩" Linear A Sign Ab048 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐘩
U+10629 "𐘩" Linear A Sign Ab048 is a character representing a syllabic sign from the undeciphered Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization on Crete from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign, cataloged as AB048, is one of over 90 syllabic symbols identified in the Linear A corpus, and it appears in various administrative inscriptions found on clay tablets and other artifacts at sites like Knossos and Hagia Triada. Although its exact phonetic value remains unknown due to the script's undeciphered status, comparative analysis with the related Linear B script suggests that AB048 may correspond to a specific syllable sound in the Minoan language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10629 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign Ab048 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐘩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐘩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDE29 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010629 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\ude29 |