U+10696 "𐚖" Linear A Sign A362 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10696 "𐚖" Linear A Sign A362 is one of over a thousand known syllabic and ideographic signs from the Linear A script, the undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on Crete from roughly 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged by scholars as A362, represents a phonetic syllable or logogram whose exact sound or meaning remains unknown, as Linear A has not yet been definitively linked to any known language. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to support academic research and digital preservation of ancient scripts, appearing in the Linear A block alongside hundreds of other signs excavated from Minoan administrative and religious sites. Its inclusion allows linguists and historians to accurately transcribe, share, and analyze the surviving Linear A inscriptions in digital formats, even though the full lexicon and grammar of this Bronze Age script continue to elude modern interpretation.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐚖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐚖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x9A 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD801 0xDE96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00010696 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud801\ude96 |
Unicode Properties