U+1069F "𐚟" Linear A Sign A371 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐚟

U+1069F "𐚟" Linear A Sign A371 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, roughly from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as A371 in standard scholarly reference lists, is believed to represent a syllabic or logographic value, though its precise phonetic or semantic meaning remains unknown due to the lack of a bilingual Rosetta Stone equivalent for Linear A. Typically found on clay tablets, seal stones, and ritual objects from archaeological sites like Knossos and Phaistos, the character is part of a larger corpus of over 700 known signs that were used primarily for administrative and religious purposes. Its appearance, composed of a series of horizontal and vertical strokes, reflects the linear, abstract style typical of the script, and its study contributes to ongoing efforts by linguists and archaeologists to unlock the language of the Minoan people.

General Properties

Code Point U+1069F
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A371
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐚟
HTML Hex Encoding 𐚟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9A 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE9F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001069F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude9f

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