The Linear B Syllabary range was introduced with version 4.0 of the Unicode Standard and is located in Plane 1 (the Supplementary Multilingual Plane). Windows XP and later versions support supplementary characters by default. In Windows 2000, you need to enable support for supplementary characters. These characters cannot easily be displayed in earlier versions of Windows. Linear B also uses pictorial signs, which can be found in the Linear B Ideograms range.
The Linear B script was used in ancient Crete between 1400 and 1200 B.C. for a Greek dialect.
The characters that appear in the “Character” columns of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
You can find some or all of the characters in this range in the Windows Unicode fonts Aegean, ALPHABETUM Unicode, Code2001, EversonMono, Free Idg Serif, MPH 2B Damase and Penuturesu.
To see exactly which characters are included in a particular font, you can use a utility such as Andrew West’s BabelMap, or Apple’s Character Palette.
If you are not familiar with the characters, you can check the characters displayed here with the graphical display at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U10000.pdf.
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Name |
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𐀀 | 65536 | 𐀀 | 10000 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B008 A |
𐀁 | 65537 | 𐀁 | 10001 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B038 E |
𐀂 | 65538 | 𐀂 | 10002 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B028 I |
𐀃 | 65539 | 𐀃 | 10003 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B061 O |
𐀄 | 65540 | 𐀄 | 10004 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B010 U |
𐀅 | 65541 | 𐀅 | 10005 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B001 DA |
𐀆 | 65542 | 𐀆 | 10006 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B045 DE |
𐀇 | 65543 | 𐀇 | 10007 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B007 DI |
𐀈 | 65544 | 𐀈 | 10008 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B014 DO |
𐀉 | 65545 | 𐀉 | 10009 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B051 DU |
𐀊 | 65546 | 𐀊 | 1000A | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B057 JA |
𐀋 | 65547 | 𐀋 | 1000B | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B046 JE |
𐀍 | 65549 | 𐀍 | 1000D | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B036 JO |
𐀎 | 65550 | 𐀎 | 1000E | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B065 JU |
𐀏 | 65551 | 𐀏 | 1000F | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B077 KA |
𐀐 | 65552 | 𐀐 | 10010 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B044 KE |
𐀑 | 65553 | 𐀑 | 10011 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B067 KI |
𐀒 | 65554 | 𐀒 | 10012 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B070 KO |
𐀓 | 65555 | 𐀓 | 10013 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B081 KU |
𐀔 | 65556 | 𐀔 | 10014 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B080 MA |
𐀕 | 65557 | 𐀕 | 10015 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B013 ME |
𐀖 | 65558 | 𐀖 | 10016 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B073 MI |
𐀗 | 65559 | 𐀗 | 10017 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B015 MO |
𐀘 | 65560 | 𐀘 | 10018 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B023 MU |
𐀙 | 65561 | 𐀙 | 10019 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B006 NA |
𐀚 | 65562 | 𐀚 | 1001A | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B024 NE |
𐀛 | 65563 | 𐀛 | 1001B | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B030 NI |
𐀜 | 65564 | 𐀜 | 1001C | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B052 NO |
𐀝 | 65565 | 𐀝 | 1001D | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B055 NU |
𐀞 | 65566 | 𐀞 | 1001E | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B003 PA |
𐀟 | 65567 | 𐀟 | 1001F | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B072 PE |
𐀠 | 65568 | 𐀠 | 10020 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B039 PI |
𐀡 | 65569 | 𐀡 | 10021 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B011 PO |
𐀢 | 65570 | 𐀢 | 10022 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B050 PU |
𐀣 | 65571 | 𐀣 | 10023 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B016 QA |
𐀤 | 65572 | 𐀤 | 10024 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B078 QE |
𐀥 | 65573 | 𐀥 | 10025 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B021 QI |
𐀦 | 65574 | 𐀦 | 10026 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B032 QO |
𐀨 | 65576 | 𐀨 | 10028 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B060 RA |
𐀩 | 65577 | 𐀩 | 10029 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B027 RE |
𐀪 | 65578 | 𐀪 | 1002A | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B053 RI |
𐀫 | 65579 | 𐀫 | 1002B | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B002 RO |
𐀬 | 65580 | 𐀬 | 1002C | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B026 RU |
𐀭 | 65581 | 𐀭 | 1002D | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B031 SA |
𐀮 | 65582 | 𐀮 | 1002E | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B009 SE |
𐀯 | 65583 | 𐀯 | 1002F | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B041 SI |
𐀰 | 65584 | 𐀰 | 10030 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B012 SO |
𐀱 | 65585 | 𐀱 | 10031 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B058 SU |
𐀲 | 65586 | 𐀲 | 10032 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B059 TA |
𐀳 | 65587 | 𐀳 | 10033 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B004 TE |
𐀴 | 65588 | 𐀴 | 10034 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B037 TI |
𐀵 | 65589 | 𐀵 | 10035 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B005 TO |
𐀶 | 65590 | 𐀶 | 10036 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B069 TU |
𐀷 | 65591 | 𐀷 | 10037 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B054 WA |
𐀸 | 65592 | 𐀸 | 10038 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B075 WE |
𐀹 | 65593 | 𐀹 | 10039 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B040 WI |
𐀺 | 65594 | 𐀺 | 1003A | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B042 WO |
𐀼 | 65596 | 𐀼 | 1003C | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B017 ZA |
𐀽 | 65597 | 𐀽 | 1003D | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B074 ZE |
𐀿 | 65599 | 𐀿 | 1003F | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B020 ZO |
𐁀 | 65600 | 𐁀 | 10040 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B025 A2 |
𐁁 | 65601 | 𐁁 | 10041 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B043 A3 |
𐁂 | 65602 | 𐁂 | 10042 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B085 AU |
𐁃 | 65603 | 𐁃 | 10043 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B071 DWE |
𐁄 | 65604 | 𐁄 | 10044 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B090 DWO |
𐁅 | 65605 | 𐁅 | 10045 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B048 NWA |
𐁆 | 65606 | 𐁆 | 10046 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B029 PU2 |
𐁇 | 65607 | 𐁇 | 10047 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B062 PTE |
𐁈 | 65608 | 𐁈 | 10048 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B076 RA2 |
𐁉 | 65609 | 𐁉 | 10049 | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B033 RA3 |
𐁊 | 65610 | 𐁊 | 1004A | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B068 RO2 |
𐁋 | 65611 | 𐁋 | 1004B | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B066 TA2 |
𐁌 | 65612 | 𐁌 | 1004C | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B087 TWE |
𐁍 | 65613 | 𐁍 | 1004D | LINEAR B SYLLABLE B091 TWO |
𐁐 | 65616 | 𐁐 | 10050 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B018 |
𐁑 | 65617 | 𐁑 | 10051 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B019 |
𐁒 | 65618 | 𐁒 | 10052 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B022 |
𐁓 | 65619 | 𐁓 | 10053 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B034 |
𐁔 | 65620 | 𐁔 | 10054 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B047 |
𐁕 | 65621 | 𐁕 | 10055 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B049 |
𐁖 | 65622 | 𐁖 | 10056 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B056 |
𐁗 | 65623 | 𐁗 | 10057 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B063 |
𐁘 | 65624 | 𐁘 | 10058 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B064 |
𐁙 | 65625 | 𐁙 | 10059 | LINEAR B SYMBOL B079 |
𐁚 | 65626 | 𐁚 | 1005A | LINEAR B SYMBOL B082 |
𐁛 | 65627 | 𐁛 | 1005B | LINEAR B SYMBOL B083 |
𐁜 | 65628 | 𐁜 | 1005C | LINEAR B SYMBOL B086 |
𐁝 | 65629 | 𐁝 | 1005D | LINEAR B SYMBOL B089 |
Copyright © 2003–2009 Alan Wood
The hexadecimal numbers and the character names in the above table are taken from the Unicode 4.0 Character Database, Copyright © 1991–2003 Unicode, Inc., as contained in UnicodeData.txt on the Unicode ftp site (ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/) in June 2003.
Created 18th July 2003 Last updated 25th November 2009