What ᛜ means
ᛜ is the runic letter ingwaz. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Runic block; this site shelves it under Beliefs & culture.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
ᛜ is a single code point, U+16DC. In HTML that is ᛜ, and in CSS \16DC.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ᛜ 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 ᛜ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 16DC, then Alt+X to get ᛜ.
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 ingwaz”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 16dc, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ᛜCSS
\16DCCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᛜ
HTML hex
ᛜ
CSS content
content: "\16DC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%9B%9C
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.