U+1071B "𐜛" Linear A Sign A627 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜛

U+1071B "𐜛" Linear A Sign A627 is a character from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used in Minoan civilization on Crete from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign, cataloged as A627 by scholars, represents a syllabic or ideographic symbol whose exact phonetic value and meaning remain unknown due to the lack of a Rosetta Stone-like key for Linear A. It is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Linear A block to facilitate digital preservation and academic study of ancient scripts, appearing as a stylized glyph that researchers analyze alongside other Linear A inscriptions found on clay tablets, sealstones, and other artifacts from Minoan archaeological sites. Despite ongoing efforts, the script’s linguistic affiliations continue to puzzle historians and linguists, making U+1071B a small but significant piece in the larger puzzle of Bronze Age Aegean writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+1071B
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A627
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜛
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF1B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001071B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf1b

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