U+1071E "𐜞" Linear A Sign A634 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜞

U+1071E "𐜞" Linear A Sign A634 is a character from the Linear A script, which was used in Minoan Crete and other Aegean islands during the Bronze Age, primarily between 1800 and 1450 BCE. This particular sign, cataloged as A634, represents a syllabic or phonetic value within the undeciphered Linear A writing system, which remains one of the great puzzles of ancient linguistics. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to support digital encoding of ancient scripts, aiding scholars in the study and preservation of Minoan civilization. Despite extensive analysis, Linear A has not been fully deciphered, so the exact sound or meaning of sign A634 is not definitively known, though it is often studied alongside its Mycenaean Greek counterpart in Linear B for comparative insights.

General Properties

Code Point U+1071E
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A634
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜞
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF1E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001071E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf1e

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