What 𐁃 means
A syllable sign read “dwe”, not a word or a picture.
Linear B is a syllabary — every sign stands for a chunk of sound rather than a thing or an idea — so 𐁃 contributes the sound dwe wherever it appears. The script kept palace accounts in Mycenaean Greek: goods, stores, people, rations. Its earliest evidence is at Knossos around 1450 BCE, and “B071” is its number in the standard sign catalogue.
The script grew out of still-undeciphered Linear A — traditionally described as an adaptation for Greek, though newer work treats both as one continuous Aegean writing tradition. Michael Ventris deciphered it in 1952, showing the tablets were Greek. The related Cypriot syllabary later wrote Greek too; the Greek alphabet is a separate invention, not Linear B's descendant.
How do I type 𐁃?
Type code point 10043; the method depends on your system.
In Word or Outlook on Windows, type 10043 and press Alt+X to convert it. On macOS, as of 2026, Unicode Hex Input accepts only four digits — use Character Viewer instead and search it for “dwe”.
On GNOME and other GTK Linux desktops, as of 2026, press Ctrl+Shift+U, then 10043, then Space or Enter. iOS and Android have no built-in hex entry — a Unicode character app with Linear B coverage can insert it. Dedicated Linear B keyboards may take the syllable label “dwe” or the sign number B071; mappings vary by tool.
Specialist and archival: outside a Linear B transcription, 𐁃 reads as script scholarship, not ordinary prose.
Do not treat it as a Greek alphabet letter or give it a pictorial meaning.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
3Does a missing font change the character?
No. A font without Linear B coverage shows a placeholder box, and different fonts draw the sign differently; the underlying character is unchanged.
Is 𐁃 a Greek letter?
No. It is a Linear B syllabogram used to write Mycenaean Greek; the later Greek alphabet is a separate invention, not Linear B's descendant.
What does B071 stand for?
It is the sign's catalogue number in the standard Linear B sign list; scholarship cites signs by these numbers.
How to type 𐁃
𐁃\10043Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.