U+106E6 "𐛦" Linear A Sign A566 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐛦

U+106E6 "𐛦" Linear A Sign A566 is a specific character from the undeciphered Linear A script used by the Minoan civilization of ancient Crete, dating primarily to the Bronze Age. This sign is cataloged as A566 within the standard classification of Linear A symbols, one of many phonetic or ideographic marks whose exact phonetic value or meaning remains unknown due to the lack of a reliable bilingual text. The character is encoded in the Unicode standard within the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically in the Linear A block, allowing modern digital representation for research and preservation. Its usage is primarily confined to scholarly contexts, such as epigraphy and historical linguistics, where it appears in inscriptions on clay tablets, seals, and other artifacts from Minoan sites like Knossos and Phaistos.

General Properties

Code Point U+106E6
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A566
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐛦
HTML Hex Encoding 𐛦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9B 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDEE6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000106E6
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udee6

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