U+100CB "𐃋" Linear B Ideogram B236 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+100CB "𐃋" Linear B Ideogram B236 is a symbol from the Linear B script, which was used in ancient Mycenaean Greece for administrative and economic record keeping on clay tablets. This specific ideogram represents an "arrow" or "javelin," corresponding to a pictographic sign that denoted a type of weapon or military equipment. It forms part of the standardized set of logograms employed by Mycenaean scribes to efficiently catalogue commodities and goods without spelling out the full words, providing modern scholars with crucial insights into the material culture, economy, and military organization of the Mycenaean civilization from approximately 1450 to 1200 BCE.
General Properties
Code Point
U+100CB
Name
Linear B Ideogram B236
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐃋
HTML Hex Encoding
𐃋
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x83 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD800 0xDCCB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000100CB
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud800\udccb
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Linear B