U+10646 "𐙆" Linear A Sign Ab087 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐙆

U+10646 "𐙆" Linear A Sign Ab087 is a symbol from the Linear A script, a writing system used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily between approximately 1800 and 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as AB087 in the standard classification of Linear A, represents a syllabic character whose exact phonetic value remains undeciphered, as Linear A itself has not been reliably translated due to the scarcity of bilingual texts and the limited corpus of surviving inscriptions. Found on artifacts such as clay tablets, seals, and religious objects, Linear A signs like U+10646 offer crucial but enigmatic insights into the administrative, economic, and possibly religious practices of the Minoan culture, though they continue to challenge linguists and archaeologists seeking to unlock their full meaning.

General Properties

Code Point U+10646
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab087
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐙆
HTML Hex Encoding 𐙆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x99 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE46
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010646
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude46

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