U+1696 "ᚖ" Ogham Letter Or Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᚖ
U+1696 "ᚖ" Ogham Letter Or is a symbol from the ancient Ogham alphabet, primarily used to write early Irish and Pictish languages on stone monuments. This specific character represents the sound "or," which corresponds to the Latin letter "P" in some transliteration systems, and it is part of the Ogham series of consonants known as "aicme e." Traditionally carved along the edge of standing stones, the Ogham script holds significant historical and linguistic value, offering insights into early medieval Celtic culture and language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1696 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ogham Letter Or |
| Block | Ogham |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᚖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᚖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9A 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1696 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001696 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1696 |