U+1062F "𐘯" Linear A Sign Ab055 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐘯

U+1062F "𐘯" Linear A Sign Ab055 is part of the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily between approximately 1800 and 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as AB055 in the standard signary, represents one of the syllabic or ideographic symbols that appear on clay tablets, seals, and other artifacts discovered at archaeological sites like Knossos and Phaistos. As a script that remains largely unread, Linear A continues to puzzle scholars, though signs like Ab055 are believed to encode syllables or words related to administration, trade, or religious practices, often being compared to the later deciphered Linear B script used for Mycenaean Greek. Efforts to decipher Linear A involve statistical analysis and comparisons with known languages, but U+1062F’s exact phonetic value and meaning remain unknown.

General Properties

Code Point U+1062F
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab055
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐘯
HTML Hex Encoding 𐘯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE2F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001062F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude2f

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