U+10801 "𐠁" Cypriot Syllable E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐠁
U+10801 "𐠁" Cypriot Syllable E is a character from the Cypriot syllabary, an ancient writing system used on the island of Cyprus from around the 11th to the 4th century BCE. This specific symbol represents the syllabic sound "e" and was inscribed on clay tablets and monuments primarily for writing the Cypriot Greek and Eteocypriot languages. The Cypriot syllabary is distinct from the later Greek alphabet and consists of approximately 55 signs, each representing a vowel or a consonant vowel combination. Today, U+10801 is included in Unicode to support the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historic script, allowing researchers and enthusiasts to accurately represent and analyze ancient Cypriot texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10801 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Cypriot Syllable E |
| Block | Cypriot Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐠁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐠁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA0 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDC01 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010801 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udc01 |