U+1072E "𐜮" Linear A Sign A656 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜮

U+1072E "𐜮" Linear A Sign A656 is a symbol from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization of Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign, cataloged as A656 in academic conventions, represents one of the many syllabic or ideographic characters found on clay tablets, seals, and other artifacts, most of which were discovered at sites like Knossos and Phaistos. Although the exact phonetic or semantic value of Linear A Sign A656 remains unknown due to the language’s undeciphered state, it is studied by epigraphers and linguists alongside related scripts like Linear B. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard, under the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, ensures that researchers and digital resource creators can accurately represent this ancient character in modern text environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1072E
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A656
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜮
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF2E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001072E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf2e

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