What ᛕ means
This p rune represents the p sound in medieval runic writing. Its name refers to plaster or a bandage; in a word, the character stands for a sound rather than an object.
Historically, ᛕ developed as an open form of bjarkan ᛒ. The exact shape you see depends on the font rendering this text character.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ᛕ 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 ᛕ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 16D5, then Alt+X to get ᛕ.
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 open-p”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 16d5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ᛕCSS
\16D5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᛕ
HTML hex
ᛕ
CSS content
content: "\16D5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%9B%95
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On screen
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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.