U+16A9 "ᚩ" Runic Letter Os O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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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 |