U+10637 "𐘷" Linear A Sign Ab066 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10637 "𐘷" Linear A Sign Ab066 is a glyph from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily between 1800 and 1450 BCE. This particular sign is part of the corpus of approximately 1,500 known Linear A inscriptions, which were mostly found on clay tablets and other administrative artifacts. Because Linear A has not yet been fully deciphered, the exact phonetic value or meaning of Ab066 remains unknown, though it is categorized among the syllabic signs and may represent a specific syllable or logographic idea. Scholars rely on comparisons with the related Linear B script, which was used to write Mycenaean Greek, to hypothesize possible sounds for some Linear A signs, but Ab066 does not have a confirmed phonetic equivalent. The symbol itself is a complex linear shape, typical of the script's abstract geometric style, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize this ancient writing f
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐘷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐘷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD801 0xDE37 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00010637 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud801\ude37 |
Unicode Properties