U+10632 "𐘲" Linear A Sign Ab058 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐘲

U+10632 "𐘲" Linear A Sign Ab058 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 from around 1800 to 1450 BCE. This character represents a single syllable or word sign from the Linear A syllabary, which remains largely mysterious to linguists and archaeologists due to the lack of a known Rosetta Stone-like bilingual text. While Linear B, a later script adapted to write Mycenaean Greek, has been deciphered, Linear A has resisted complete translation, leaving the precise phonetic value and meaning of Ab058 unknown. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for digital representation and study of this ancient script, aiding researchers in cataloging and analyzing its symbols to better understand Minoan language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+10632
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab058
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐘲
HTML Hex Encoding 𐘲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE32
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010632
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude32

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