U+10753 "𐝓" Linear A Sign A717 Dd Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐝓

U+10753 "𐝓" Linear A Sign A717 Dd 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 sign, catalogued as A717 Dd, belongs to a corpus of over 7,000 known Linear A inscriptions, which remain largely unreadable because the underlying Minoan language has not been definitively linked to any known language family. The character is believed to represent a syllabic or logographic value, though its exact phonetic or semantic meaning is unknown, and it was likely used in administrative or religious contexts, such as on clay tablets, seals, or ritual objects. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and digital historians can accurately encode, preserve, and study this ancient script in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+10753
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A717 Dd
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐝓
HTML Hex Encoding 𐝓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9D 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF53
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010753
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf53

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