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ᛂ

runic letter e

Runic Letter E

ᛂ is a rune for e, marked with a dot to distinguish it from ᛁ’s i value. It belongs to the Younger Futhark, a rune row used to write Old Norse. You will mostly meet it in historical runic text or material about runes.

Text symbol

Search it as: e rune · ᛂ rune · dotted e rune · Younger Futhark e · stung i rune · ᛁ with dot
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ᛂ means

No. They belong to different rune rows.

ᛂ is the dotted e-rune of the Younger Futhark, a rune row used for Old Norse. ᛖ is a separate Elder Futhark rune that also appears in Anglo-Saxon Futhorc as Eh.

Why was ᛂ added?

It let writers distinguish e from the i value of ᛁ.

Earlier Younger Futhark writing could use ᛁ for both i and e. In medieval runic writing, a dot marked the e value and formed ᛂ.

During the late 11th and 12th centuries, the Younger Futhark gained extra runes including ᛂ.

Outside runic spelling, ᛂ usually signals historical-script styling or interest in runes.

Don't confuse it with

ᛖ

Runic Letter Ehwaz Eh E

The Ehwaz horse rune is ᛖ, also called Eh in Anglo-Saxon Futhorc. The Old English rune poem links its name with a horse; ᛂ belongs to a different rune row.

Questions people ask

Why does ᛂ 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 ᛂ

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 16C2, then Alt+X to get ᛂ.

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 “runic letter e”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 16c2, then Enter or Space.

HTML

ᛂ

CSS

\16C2

Unicode hex input

If your editor supports hexadecimal Unicode entry, enter 16C2 and use that editor’s conversion or commit command.

Runic keyboard

A runic keyboard or converter can map ordinary keys to runes when your device has no runic layout.

Missing glyph

If ᛂ is missing from the font, the selected font or app cannot display it; use one with runic coverage.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

ᛂ

HTML hex

ᛂ

CSS content

content: "\16C2";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E1%9B%82

On screen

Code points

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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