U+12FD5 "ð’¿•" Cypro-Minoan Sign Cm083 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12FD5 "ð’¿•" Cypro-Minoan Sign Cm083 is part of the Cypro-Minoan syllabary, an undeciphered writing system used on the island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age, roughly from the 16th to the 11th century BCE. This specific sign, cataloged as Cm083, represents one of the many syllabic symbols inscribed on clay tablets, cylinders, and other artifacts, primarily found at sites like Enkomi and Ugarit. Its precise phonetic value remains unknown due to the script’s incomplete decipherment, though scholars consider it likely a sign for a consonant vowel syllable, similar to others in the family. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode standard ensures its digital preservation and facilitates global scholarly study, helping linguists and historians piece together the ancient Cypriot language and its connections to Linear A and Linear B.

General Properties

Code Point U+12FD5
Version Added 14.0
Name Cypro-Minoan Sign Cm083
Block Cypro-Minoan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒿕
HTML Hex Encoding 𒿕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0xBF 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80B 0xDFD5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012FD5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80b\udfd5

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