U+10682 "𐚂" Linear A Sign A342 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐚂
U+10682 "𐚂" Linear A Sign A342 is a script symbol from the undeciphered Linear A writing system used by the Minoan civilization on Crete, primarily during the Bronze Age from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, catalogued as A342 in the standard corpus of Linear A, likely represents a syllabic or ideographic value, though its precise phonetic or semantic meaning remains unknown due to the lack of a bilingual key or direct decipherable texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and scholarly access for researchers studying Minoan language, administration, and culture, often found on clay tablets, seals, and religious objects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10682 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign A342 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐚂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐚂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x9A 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDE82 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010682 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\ude82 |