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𐀢

linear b syllable b050 pu

Linear B Syllable B050 Pu

𐀢 is Linear B’s pu syllable, roughly “poo” in English. Adapted from Linear A, it wrote Mycenaean Greek, an early Greek dialect, in palace accounts. The oldest surviving tablet group at Knossos dates from the end of the 15th or beginning of the 14th century BCE.

Text symbol

Also called: pu · B050 · Linear B sign 50
Search it as: pu2 · AB50
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𐀢 means

It records the syllable pu, not a full translation.

On Knossos textile tablets, it also stands alone as an abbreviation, probably for pu-ka-ta-ri-ja.

Don't confuse it with

𐁆

Linear B Syllable B029 Pu2

Linear B pu2 is a separate sign. At Pylos, the two sometimes alternated for aspirated pu (a p followed by a breath), conventionally written phu.

Worth knowing

A 2024 proposal links B050’s shape to an Egyptian hieroglyph for hair or a headband; this origin remains speculative.

Questions people ask

Why does 𐀢 show as a box?

Depending on your font, it may appear as a box instead of the sign. A font with Linear B support can display 𐀢.

How to type 𐀢

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 10022, then Alt+X to get 𐀢.

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 syllable b050 pu”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 10022, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𐀢

CSS

\10022

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𐀢

HTML hex

𐀢

CSS content

content: "\10022";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%90%80%A2

On screen

Code points

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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

Ancient scripts9,099 symbols

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