What ᚧ means
ᚧ is the voiced “th” rune. When written in Latin letters, its value is ð.
A 10th-century silver strip in Old Danish (an early form of Danish) uses an eth form unusual in Danish runes but also found in the older shared Germanic rune row. Its text is catalogued as an incantation, but its meaning is unclear.
How does ᚧ differ from ð and þ?
ᚧ is a rune; ð and þ are separate Latin letters. In Old English, both could spell voiced or unvoiced “th.”
A blank glyph may mean your font lacks support for ᚧ.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does ᚧ 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 ᚧ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 16A7, then Alt+X to get ᚧ.
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 eth”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 16a7, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ᚧCSS
\16A7Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᚧ
HTML hex
ᚧ
CSS content
content: "\16A7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%9A%A7
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.