U+1074D "𐝍" Linear A Sign A710 W Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐝍

U+1074D "𐝍" Linear A Sign A710 W is a symbol from the undeciphered Linear A script used by the Minoan civilization of Bronze Age Crete, representing a sign cataloged as A710 with the phonetic value or logographic function designated as "W." This character, part of the Supplementary Linear A block added to Unicode in 2021, belongs to a corpus of inscriptions found primarily on clay tablets and religious objects from sites like Knossos and Phaistos, where it likely represented a syllabic sign or a numerical or commodity marker in administrative records. Despite extensive study, the exact meaning and pronunciation of this sign remain unknown because Linear A has not been successfully deciphered, leaving U+1074D as a tangible but enigmatic link to a lost language.

General Properties

Code Point U+1074D
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A710 W
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐝍
HTML Hex Encoding 𐝍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9D 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF4D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001074D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf4d

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