What 𐍃 means
It is /s/ in Gothic writing. The Gothic alphabet was devised in the fourth century to translate the Bible into Gothic. The surviving biblical copies are mostly early-sixth-century manuscripts made in northern Italy, so the books you can see are later than the alphabet's invention. The letter-name appears later still, in the 9th century, as sugil, tied to reconstructed sauil or sōjil, “sun.” That name labels the letter; it never turns 𐍃 into a sun sign.
Is 𐍃 a rune?
No — a Gothic letter, not a rune. Its exact visual source is debated, with Greek sigma, Latin writing, and runic influence all proposed. For reading, that debate does not matter: in Gothic text 𐍃 marks /s/. Beside ᛊ it is a historical comparison, not the same character.
In a message, 𐍃 signals Gothic study, manuscript interest, or deliberate archaic styling.
Do not read “sun” as the message: that is name history, not its reading.
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Who writes 𐍃
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Why does 𐍃 show as a box?
It can. Your font may lack a Gothic glyph, so the app falls back or shows a missing-glyph box; the character data is still valid.
Does sauil mean sun?
As a letter-name gloss, yes; as a reading, no. In Gothic spelling 𐍃 is /s/; “sun” comes from later alphabet notes.
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How to type or find 𐍃
- Also called
- sauil · sugil · Gothic s
- Search it as
- gothic alphabet · gothic letter · s letter · sowilo · gothic script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐍃\10343Codes and encoding1 code points
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