What ᛎ means
It spells the z sound in the medieval rune row.
Runic writing is attested in Scandinavia from the first century CE. Runes were carved on objects and monuments, then written in manuscripts too. The 24-rune Elder Futhark developed into the 16-rune Younger Futhark of the Viking Age.
The medieval row gained added signs under Latin-alphabet influence in the late 11th century and throughout the 12th century. ᛎ gave z its own sign.
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Who writes ᛎ
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Questions people ask
1Why does ᛎ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Runic block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ᛎ
- Search it as
- medieval z rune · rune for z
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ᛎCSS
\16CEHow to type ᛎ
In an app with Unicode hex input, enter 16CE and confirm. Otherwise, search your system’s character picker for “Runic Letter Z”.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᛎ
HTML hex
ᛎ
CSS content
content: "\16CE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%9B%8E
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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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.