U+10658 "𐙘" Linear A Sign A304 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐙘

U+10658 "𐙘" Linear A Sign A304 is a glyph belonging to the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, catalogued as A304 in the standard corpus of Linear A characters, represents one of the many syllabic or ideographic symbols found on clay tablets and other artifacts discovered at archaeological sites such as Knossos and Phaistos. Because Linear A remains largely unreadable, the exact phonetic value or meaning of U+10658 is unknown, though it likely conveyed a syllable or a logographic concept related to administrative or economic record keeping. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for digital representation and study of these ancient symbols, aiding epigraphers and historians in their ongoing efforts to analyze and potentially decipher the Minoan language.

General Properties

Code Point U+10658
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A304
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐙘
HTML Hex Encoding 𐙘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x99 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE58
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010658
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude58

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