What 𐃉 means
A sword, counted in a palace armoury. On the Knossos clay tablet KN Ra 1540 it sits beside pa-ka-na, Mycenaean for “swords”, confirming the entry, not a second weapon.
Linear B was adapted from Linear A for palace accounts; as of 2026 the earliest Knossos tablets are placed in Late Minoan II–IIIA1, absolute dating still argued.
Scholarly, not an everyday weapon emoji.
As of 2026, Noto Sans Linear B draws it; many fonts do not.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𐃉 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 𐃉
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 100C9, then Alt+X to get 𐃉.
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 b233 sword”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 100c9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐃉CSS
\100C9Linear B keyboard
As of 2026, online keyboards enter ideograms by catalog number; 233 for this sign.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐃉
HTML hex
𐃉
CSS content
content: "\100C9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%83%89
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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.