U+10631 "𐘱" Linear A Sign Ab057 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐘱

U+10631 "𐘱" Linear A Sign Ab057 is a specific symbol from the Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign, cataloged as AB057 in the standard classification by researchers such as Emmett L. Bennett Jr., represents a syllable or logographic value that has not been definitively deciphered, as Linear A itself remains an undeciphered writing system. It was likely incised on clay tablets found in administrative contexts, such as at the palace sites of Knossos and Phaistos, where it may have denoted a commodity, a name, or a numerical measure within the Minoan economy. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode standard ensures its digital representation for scholars studying ancient Aegean scripts and for preserving the visual record of this enigmatic writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+10631
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab057
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐘱
HTML Hex Encoding 𐘱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE31
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010631
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude31

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