U+10657 "𐙗" Linear A Sign A303 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐙗
U+10657 "𐙗" Linear A Sign A303 is a symbol from the ancient script known as Linear A, which was used by the 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 A303, is one of many undeciphered characters in the script, as Linear A has not yet been fully understood and may represent a syllabic, logographic, or mixed writing system. The character "𐙗" likely served a phonetic or ideographic function in recording the Minoan language, which remains a linguistic mystery, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and facilitate scholarly study of this ancient writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10657 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign A303 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐙗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐙗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x99 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDE57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010657 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\ude57 |