U+10699 "𐚙" Linear A Sign A365 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐚙

U+10699 "𐚙" Linear A Sign A365 is a glyph from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used in Minoan Crete, primarily between 1800 and 1450 BCE during the Bronze Age. This specific sign, cataloged as A365, is a syllabic or ideographic character that appears in administrative clay tablets and ritual objects, often associated with accounting or religious contexts, though its exact phonetic or semantic value remains unknown since Linear A has not been fully deciphered. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and enable digital research on this ancient script, which is crucial for linguists and historians studying the Minoan civilization and its language.

General Properties

Code Point U+10699
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A365
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐚙
HTML Hex Encoding 𐚙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9A 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE99
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010699
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude99

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