U+16A9 "ᚩ" Runic Letter Os O Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+16A9 "ᚩ" Runic Letter Os O is a character from the Runic block representing the "Os" rune of the Anglo-Saxon and later Old English futhorc, where it corresponds to the sound of the letter O. This rune symbolizes the deity Odin or a god in its name, derived from the Old English word "ōs" meaning "god" or "mouth," and it appears in medieval manuscripts and inscriptions as part of the runic alphabet used for writing Old English before the adoption of the Latin script.

General Properties

Code Point U+16A9
Version Added 3.0
Name Runic Letter Os O
Block Runic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᚩ
HTML Hex Encoding ᚩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x9A 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x16A9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000016A9
C/C++/Java Escape \u16a9

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Runic
Script Extensions Runic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter