What 𐌸 means
𐌸 is the gothic letter thiuth. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Gothic block; this site shelves it under Ancient scripts.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
𐌸 is a single code point, U+10338. In HTML that is 𐌸, and in CSS \10338.
Don't confuse it with
4Worth knowing
- In the seventeenth century, Swedish chancellor Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie treated the Codex Argenteus, a surviving Gothic Bible manuscript, as a link between Gothic antiquity and Swedish identity. That later symbolism belonged to the book, not this letter alone.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𐌸 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 𐌸
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 10338, then Alt+X to get 𐌸.
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 thiuth”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 10338, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐌸CSS
\10338Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐌸
HTML hex
𐌸
CSS content
content: "\10338";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%8C%B8
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.