U+1070D "𐜍" Linear A Sign A612 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜍

U+1070D "𐜍" Linear A Sign A612 is a character from 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, catalogued as A612 in the standard inventory of Linear A symbols, represents a phonetic or ideographic element that has not been definitively interpreted, as the script’s language remains unknown. It is part of a larger effort by the Unicode Consortium to encode historical scripts for digital preservation, allowing researchers to study and share inscriptions from ancient artifacts like clay tablets and seals. The character is rendered in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane and is distinct from the related but deciphered Linear B script, which was used for Mycenaean Greek.

General Properties

Code Point U+1070D
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A612
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜍
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF0D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001070D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf0d

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