What 𐌾 means
It writes the consonant at the start of “yes.”
Scholars write its sound as Latin j. The reconstructed name *jǣra- means “year”; it names the letter, not a word the character spells.
Why was the Gothic alphabet created?
To write Gothic, including a Bible translation.
Tradition credits Wulfila with developing the alphabet in the fourth century. Major surviving manuscripts date from the late fifth to mid-sixth century; the Codex Argenteus is a key surviving Gothic Bible manuscript.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𐌾 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.
How to type 𐌾
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1033E, then Alt+X to get 𐌾.
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 “gothic letter jer”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1033e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐌾CSS
\1033ECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐌾
HTML hex
𐌾
CSS content
content: "\1033E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%8C%BE
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.