U+106E1 "𐛡" Linear A Sign A557 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐛡
U+106E1 "𐛡" Linear A Sign A557 is a specific glyph from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This sign, cataloged by researchers as A557, is one of many syllabic or ideographic symbols found primarily on clay tablets and religious artifacts, though its precise phonetic value or meaning remains unknown due to the lack of a bilingual key. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode Standard within the Linear A block allows for its digital representation and study, aiding scholars in comparative analysis with related scripts like Linear B.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+106E1 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign A557 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐛡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐛡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x9B 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDEE1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000106E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udee1 |