U+10723 "𐜣" Linear A Sign A643 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐜣
U+10723 "𐜣" Linear A Sign A643 is a glyph from the undeciphered Linear A script, which was used in Minoan Crete from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE for administrative and religious record keeping. This particular sign has been assigned the numerical identifier A643 by scholars and is one of many symbols in a writing system that likely represents a still unknown language, as it has not yet been convincingly linked to any known linguistic family. The inclusion of this sign in the Unicode standard ensures that digital texts, academic research, and historical documentation can accurately preserve and represent this ancient script, facilitating ongoing efforts to study and potentially decode the enigmatic Minoan civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10723 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign A643 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐜣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐜣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDF23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010723 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udf23 |