U+12FA4 "𒾤" Cypro-Minoan Sign Cm026 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒾤

U+12FA4 "𒾤" Cypro-Minoan Sign Cm026 is a symbol from the undeciphered Cypro-Minoan syllabary, a Bronze Age script used primarily on the island of Cyprus from around 1550 to 1050 BCE. This specific sign belongs to a corpus of over 200 known characters, which were inscribed on clay tablets, seals, and other artifacts, representing one of the earliest writing systems in the Aegean region. Its inclusion in Unicode as part of the Cypro-Minoan block in version 14.0 (2021) ensures that researchers, linguists, and digital humanists can accurately encode and study these ancient texts in modern digital environments. While the exact phonetic value and meaning of Cm026 remain unknown due to the script’s undeciphered status, its standardized representation facilitates comparative analysis with related scripts like Linear A and Linear B, aiding ongoing efforts to unlock the language and history of pre-Hellenic Cyprus.

General Properties

Code Point U+12FA4
Version Added 14.0
Name Cypro-Minoan Sign Cm026
Block Cypro-Minoan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒾤
HTML Hex Encoding 𒾤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0xBE 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80B 0xDFA4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012FA4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80b\udfa4

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 Cypro Minoan
Script Extensions Cypro Minoan
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