What 𐜭 means
Unicode identifies 𐚥 and 𐝐 as graphic components of 𐜭. That describes the sign's form, not what it says.
Linear A's earliest traces come from Crete
Linear A was probably developed locally on Crete. Linear A's earliest traces belong to the First Palace period—the era of Crete's first palaces—in the 19th–18th centuries BCE, mostly at Phaistos. Some records tracked goods; inscriptions on offering tables likely served religious purposes.
Linear B adapted Linear A to write Greek in the 15th–13th centuries BCE.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𐜭 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 𐜭
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1072D, then Alt+X to get 𐜭.
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 “linear a sign a655”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1072d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐜭CSS
\1072DCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐜭
HTML hex
𐜭
CSS content
content: "\1072D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%9C%AD
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.