U+10749 "𐝉" Linear A Sign A709-2 L2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐝉
U+10749 "𐝉" Linear A Sign A709-2 L2 is a symbol from the undeciphered Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization on Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily from around 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific character, cataloged as A709-2 L2, belongs to a subset of Linear A signs that have been encoded in Unicode to support scholarly research and digital preservation of ancient texts. Though the exact phonetic or logographic value of this sign remains unknown because Linear A has not been fully deciphered, its presence in the Unicode standard enables linguists and historians to accurately represent and analyze inscriptions in digital formats, aiding in the ongoing study of Minoan language and culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10749 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign A709-2 L2 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐝉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐝉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x9D 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDF49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010749 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udf49 |