U+10655 "𐙕" Linear A Sign A301 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐙕

U+10655 "𐙕" Linear A Sign A301 is a specific symbol from the undeciphered Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization on Crete during the Bronze Age, roughly from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This character belongs to the set of signs cataloged as A301, which has been identified in various administrative and ritual inscriptions found on clay tablets and other artifacts at sites such as Knossos and Phaistos. While the exact phonetic or semantic value of Linear A remains unknown, the sign A301 is thought to represent a numeral or a type of commodity, possibly related to agricultural counting or tribute records. Its inclusion in Unicode enables scholars and digital humanists to represent and study this ancient writing system in modern text processing, facilitating ongoing research into Minoan language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+10655
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A301
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐙕
HTML Hex Encoding 𐙕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x99 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE55
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010655
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude55

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