U+1070F "𐜏" Linear A Sign A614 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜏

U+1070F "𐜏" Linear A Sign A614 is a specific symbol from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign, designated as A614 by scholars, belongs to a corpus of over 1,400 known Linear A inscriptions found mostly on clay tablets, seal stones, and other artifacts, which were used for administrative and religious purposes. Though its exact phonetic value and meaning remain unknown due to the script’s undeciphered nature, Linear A signs like A614 are systematically cataloged in the Unicode standard to ensure digital preservation and enable research into Minoan language and culture, often being compared with the related but deciphered Linear B script.

General Properties

Code Point U+1070F
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A614
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜏
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF0F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001070F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf0f

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