U+1074F "𐝏" Linear A Sign A712 Y Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐝏
U+1074F "𐝏" Linear A Sign A712 Y is a glyph from the undeciphered Linear A script used by the Minoan civilization on Crete during the Bronze Age, approximately between 1800 and 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as A712 by scholars and given the conventional phonetic value "Y," appears in administrative and religious inscriptions found on clay tablets and other artifacts from sites like Knossos and Hagia Triada. Although the exact meaning and sound of Linear A signs remain a mystery, A712 Y is part of a systematic syllabary that likely represented syllables or logograms, and its study helps linguists and archaeologists analyze the structure and distribution of symbols in the Minoan writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1074F |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign A712 Y |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐝏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐝏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x9D 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDF4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001074F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udf4f |