U+10101 "𐄁" Aegean Word Separator Dot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+10101 "𐄁" Aegean Word Separator Dot is a historical punctuation mark used in the ancient Aegean scripts, most prominently Linear A and Linear B, which were employed by Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations to write their languages around the second millennium BCE. This small dot typically appears between words on clay tablets and other inscriptions, functioning as a straightforward visual divider to clarify boundaries where modern languages might use a space. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars can digitally represent and study these ancient texts with accuracy, preserving a key element of early writing systems that predate the Greek alphabet by centuries.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10101
Name
Aegean Word Separator Dot
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐄁
HTML Hex Encoding
𐄁
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x84 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD800 0xDD01
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00010101
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud800\udd01
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Cypro Minoan Cypriot Linear B