U+100C0 "𐃀" Linear B Ideogram B185 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

𐃀
Source: Noto Sans Linear B Source: Browser Default

U+100C0 "𐃀" Linear B Ideogram B185 is a specific symbol from the Linear B script, a writing system used in Mycenaean Greece primarily for administrative records on clay tablets between about 1450 and 1200 BCE. This ideogram, catalogued as B185 in the standard corpus, represents a wheeled vehicle or chariot, often depicted with a cruciform or spoked wheel motif. It appears in inventories and economic texts as a logogram, standing for the item itself rather than a phonetic syllable, reflecting the practical accounting purpose of Linear B. The inclusion of this character in Unicode allows for its digital preservation and study, enabling modern scholars to accurately represent and analyze the ancient Mycenaean economy and material culture.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
𐃀
HTML Hex Encoding
𐃀
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x83 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD800 0xDCC0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000100C0
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud800\udcc0