U+10754 "𐝔" Linear A Sign A726 Eyyy Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐝔

U+10754 "𐝔" Linear A Sign A726 Eyyy is a symbol from the undeciphered Minoan writing system known as Linear A, which was used on the island of Crete and in other Aegean regions during the Bronze Age, roughly from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as A726 and transliterated by scholars as "eyyy", is part of the Linear A syllabary, a script that has resisted full translation despite its partial relationship to the later, deciphered Linear B script used for Mycenaean Greek. The character appears on clay tablets and other artifacts, where it likely represented a phonetic syllable or a logographic ideogram, but its exact function and meaning remain unknown due to the lack of a bilingual text or a clear underlying language family. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and study of this historical script, helping researchers to analyze patterns in the inscriptions and potentially uncover more about Minoan language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+10754
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign A726 Eyyy
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐝔
HTML Hex Encoding 𐝔
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9D 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF54
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010754
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf54

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