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carian letter ld2

Carian Letter LD2

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𐋎 is a letter of the ancient Carian alphabet, not an emoji with a chat meaning. “LD2” is a scholars' label; the sign's exact reading is debated.

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What 𐋎 means

A letter sign: “LD2” is a label, not a reading. A 2005 Unicode proposal lists it among signs from inscriptions at Hyllarima and Mylasa—catalog names for uncertain values.

It served the language of Caria in southwest Anatolia in the first millennium BCE; Carian mercenaries left graffiti in Egypt. Close kin to the Greek alphabet, though independent development remains possible.

Inscriptions in Egypt run right-to-left; those in Caria run left-to-right. Several letter values stay disputed; never guess LD2's sound from its shape.

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Who writes 𐋎

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𐋎 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find 𐋎

Also called
LD2
Search it as
carian alphabet · caria · u+102ce · carian font
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 102CE, then AltX to get 𐋎.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “carian letter ld2”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 102ce, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐋎
CSS
\102CE
How to type Carian letter LD2
Windows Word: 102CE then AltX. Linux: CtrlShiftU, 102ce. Mac: Character Viewer.
Shows as a box?
The font lacks Carian; the character is still correct.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐋎
HTML hex
𐋎
CSS content
content: "\102CE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%8B%8E
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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