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linear b ideogram b179

Linear B ideogram B179

As of 2026-09-14, no agreed specific ancient reading is established for 𐂺; “B179” is its scholarly catalog label, not a translated word. Linear B emerged at Knossos around 1450 BCE after the earlier Linear A tradition and served palace bookkeeping; its ideograms marked goods or counting units alongside quantities.

Text symbol
Also called
B179 · Linear B B179
Search it as
B 179 · Mycenaean sign
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𐂺 means

𐂺 is the linear b ideogram b179. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Linear B Ideograms block; this site shelves it under Ancient scripts.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𐂺 is a single code point, U+100BA. In HTML that is 𐂺, and in CSS \100BA.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𐂺 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 𐂺

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 100BA, then Alt+X to get 𐂺.
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 b ideogram b179”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 100ba, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐂺
CSS
\100BA
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐂺
HTML hex
𐂺
CSS content
content: "\100BA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%82%BA
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Ancient scripts9,099 symbols