U+10733 "𐜳" Linear A Sign A661 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐜳

U+10733 "𐜳" Linear A Sign A661 is a glyph from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used in Minoan Crete from roughly 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, catalogued as A661 by scholars, represents one of the many syllabic or ideographic symbols found on clay tablets, seals, and other artifacts from the Minoan civilization. While its exact phonetic value or meaning remains unknown due to the script’s undeciphered status, researchers categorize it based on its visual form and context within the known corpus of Linear A inscriptions, which likely recorded the Minoan language. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and study of ancient scripts, allowing linguists and historians to accurately represent and share textual data from this enigmatic Bronze Age culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+10733
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A661
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐜳
HTML Hex Encoding 𐜳
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF33
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010733
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf33

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