U+10705 "𐜅" Linear A Sign A602 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜅

U+10705 "𐜅" Linear A Sign A602 is a glyph from the undeciphered Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization on Crete and other Aegean islands from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign is part of a larger syllabary of over 700 known symbols, and while its exact phonetic value or meaning remains unknown, it is cataloged as A602 in the standard scholarly inventory of Linear A signs. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode Standard allows for its digital representation and study, aiding researchers in efforts to analyze and potentially decode the language through computational and comparative methods with related scripts like Linear B.

General Properties

Code Point U+10705
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A602
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜅
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF05
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010705
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf05

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