What 𐀠 means
It spells a consonant-vowel syllable. A syllabogram is a sign for a spoken syllable. “Pi” is this sign’s conventional scholarly transliteration, not a complete word.
Linear B was adapted from Linear A to write Mycenaean Greek, an early form of Greek. Its earliest surviving evidence comes from Knossos, conventionally dated to around 1450 BCE. In Mycenaean spellings, the p-series could represent syllables beginning with p, an aspirated p (a p followed by an extra puff of air), or b.
Why was Linear B used?
It was used mainly for palace recordkeeping. Scribes pressed clay tablets to record goods, people, quantities, places, and offerings.
After the palaces fell, Linear B went out of use. A related syllabary survived on Cyprus, while later Greek was written with alphabets.
Scholarly or decorative; alone, the sign reads as a sample of Linear B rather than an ordinary modern word.
“Pi” is the scholarly transliteration; Greek π is a separate alphabetic character.
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Who writes 𐀠
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐀠 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.
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How to type or find 𐀠
- Also called
- Linear B pi · B039 pi · LB039
- Search it as
- B039 · Linear B character · Mycenaean Greek · Linear B font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐀠\10020Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.