U+10637 "𐘷" Linear A Sign Ab066 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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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

Code Point U+10637
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab066
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

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

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