What ᚰ means
ᚰ is the runic letter on. 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
ᚰ is a single code point, U16B0. In HTML that is ᚰ, and in CSS \16B0.
Part of the collection
Who writes ᚰ
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ᚰ 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.
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How to type or find ᚰ
- Search it as
- on rune · ᚰ meaning · ǫ rune · medieval runic vowel
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᚰ
HTML hex
ᚰ
CSS content
content: "\16B0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%9A%B0
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.