U+10642 "𐙂" Linear A Sign Ab081 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐙂
U+10642 "𐙂" Linear A Sign Ab081 is a symbol from the undeciphered Linear A script, which was used in Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean islands during the Bronze Age, roughly from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as AB081 in the standard classification that cross-references Linear A signs with their later Linear B equivalents, represents a syllabic or ideographic glyph whose phonetic value and meaning remain unknown, as Linear A has not yet been reliably translated. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and academic study of this ancient writing system, aiding researchers in comparing it with Linear B and other contemporary scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10642 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign Ab081 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐙂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐙂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x99 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDE42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010642 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\ude42 |