U+106C3 "𐛃" Linear A Sign A523 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐛃

U+106C3 "𐛃" Linear A Sign A523 is a specific glyph from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age. This particular sign, cataloged as A523 in the standard corpus of Linear A symbols, represents one of the many syllabic or ideographic characters that scholars have identified through archaeological inscriptions found on clay tablets, seals, and other artifacts. While its exact phonetic value or meaning remains unknown due to the lack of a complete bilingual text or a clear descendant script, the inclusion of U+106C3 in the Unicode Standard ensures that this ancient sign can be digitally preserved, studied, and shared by linguists and historians working to unravel the secrets of Minoan language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+106C3
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A523
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐛃
HTML Hex Encoding 𐛃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9B 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDEC3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000106C3
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udec3

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