What 𐛢 means
It is a composite sign with no secure translation. SigLA catalogs it as AB80 joined to AB26. A 2025 analysis reads the construction as MARU, a Minoan word for wool, and proposes that the sign marked wool. As of 2026, Linear A remains undeciphered, so keep that gloss provisional.
What connects these scripts historically?
Linear B reused much of Linear A’s graphic repertoire. Linear A was in use by the Middle Minoan IIA period, a phase of Bronze Age Crete. It appears in palace records and on vessels and offering objects. It developed alongside Cretan Hieroglyphic, another script used on Crete.
One scholarly proposal links the Linear B wool ideogram 𐂝 to A559’s proposed wool-logogram use. Under that interpretation, the signs are historically connected but are not the same character. Ancient sign shapes vary across inscriptions; the Unicode glyph is a standardized digital form, not one original handwritten shape.
This is a specialist historical sign; a modern message with it needs context.
Treat wool as a proposed reading, not a confirmed translation.
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Who writes 𐛢
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsAs of 2026, no conventional chat meaning is established; read it as an ancient-script reference and ask for context.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
3Is A559 the same as a Linear B sign?
No. 𐛢 is the Linear A composite; 𐂝 is a separate Linear B wool ideogram. A scholarly proposal links their uses, but they are not the same character.
Can I use 𐛢 to mean wool?
Only if you label it as a proposal. One scholarly analysis reads the composite as a wool sign and the Minoan word MARU; this is not a settled translation.
Why does 𐛢 appear as a box?
It can. A font without a Linear A glyph may show a missing-glyph box; the character can remain intact even when that font cannot draw it.
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How to type or find 𐛢
- Also called
- A559 · Linear A A559 · MA+RU
- Search it as
- Linear A wool sign · AB80 AB26 · Linear A monogram · wool logogram
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐛢\106E2Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.