U+1072C "𐜬" Linear A Sign A654 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜬

U+1072C "𐜬" Linear A Sign A654 is a graphical symbol from the undeciphered script known as Linear A, which was used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age, roughly between 1800 and 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as A654 by scholars, belongs to a corpus of over 700 distinct signs that appear primarily on clay tablets, accounting documents, and religious objects found at archaeological sites such as Knossos and Phaistos. While the phonetic value and meaning of A654 remain unknown due to the script's undeciphered status, its presence contributes to ongoing research aimed at understanding Minoan language and administration. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode standard ensures that it can be digitally represented and studied alongside other ancient scripts, preserving a vital link to a lost writing system that predates the later, deciphered Linear B script of Mycenaean Greece.

General Properties

Code Point U+1072C
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A654
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜬
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF2C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001072C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf2c

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