What 𐀱 means
It writes one syllable, “su,” rather than a whole word. Linear B is a syllabary: each syllabogram marks a consonant-vowel unit. Spelling could leave final consonants unmarked, so “su” gives a sound value, not a word’s translation.
Linear B adapted the earlier Linear A writing system to write Mycenaean Greek. Linear A is attested by the end of the nineteenth century BCE; surviving Linear B tablets around 1450–1150 BCE are mainly administrative clay records.
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Who writes 𐀱
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Questions people ask
1Why do tablet drawings of 𐀱 differ?
Scribes varied how they drew Linear B signs. A difference between hands or tablets does not by itself change the sign’s conventional reading.
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How to type or find 𐀱
- Also called
- su · B058 · Linear B *58
- Search it as
- linear b su · B058 su · Linear A AB058 · Mycenaean Greek
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𐀱CSS
\10031Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐀱
HTML hex
𐀱
CSS content
content: "\10031";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%80%B1
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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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.