What 𐛝 means
It has no established standalone reading.
As of 2026-09-14, no agreed word or sound is assigned to A553. The Unicode chart cross-references it with AB073 (𐘻) and A301 (𐙕); these links are catalogue relationships, not a translation.
Linear A appears on Crete by the end of the nineteenth century BCE and likely developed there. It recorded goods and cult objects for administration and ritual, alongside Cretan Hieroglyphic. Linear B later adapted related signs to write Greek.
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Who writes 𐛝
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐛝 appear as a box?
The font lacks Linear A coverage, so it cannot draw the character even though the text contains 𐛝.
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How to type or find 𐛝
- Search it as
- a553 · linear a · minoan sign · cretan script · minoan writing
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𐛝CSS
\106DDCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐛝
HTML hex
𐛝
CSS content
content: "\106DD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%9B%9D
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On screen
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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.