What 𐠜 means
It is a Cypriot syllabogram for “no,” not a whole word. A syllabogram stands for one spoken syllable; here, n comes before o.
The Cypriot syllabary grew from the Cypro-Minoan script, used in the Late Bronze Age (about 1550–1050 BCE). Used from about 800–200 BCE, it wrote Cypriot Greek and Eteocypriot; inscriptions in the local language remain undeciphered as of 2026. Its first intended language is uncertain.
Many surviving texts are dedications or tomb inscriptions; royal texts, coins, and pottery also appear. Paphos had a Paphian form. Bilingual Greek-alphabet inscriptions helped decipher the syllabary, later replaced by alphabetic Greek during the Hellenistic period.
Font coverage may affect display; a blank or box does not change the character.
The “no” label is a syllable reading, not the English word.
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1Why does 𐠜 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.
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