What 𐃋 means
It marks a blade shown upside down.
Linear B records list people, goods, and quantities; ideograms identify what is being counted.
The earliest preserved Linear B tablets come from Knossos, Crete, in Late Minoan II or early Late Minoan IIIA1, two phases of the island’s Bronze Age. Scholars connect Linear B with Linear A and Cretan Hieroglyphic, other writing traditions from Crete.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Does B236 have a sound?
No. It labels an item in a record rather than spelling a spoken syllable.
How to type 𐃋
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 100CB, then Alt+X to get 𐃋.
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 b236”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 100cb, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐃋CSS
\100CBUnicode hex input
Enter 100CB in a Unicode hex input your app provides; the shortcut varies by system.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐃋
HTML hex
𐃋
CSS content
content: "\100CB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%83%8B
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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.