U+16B6 "ᚶ" Runic Letter Eng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᚶ
U+16B6 "ᚶ" Runic Letter Eng is a glyph from the Younger Futhark runic alphabet, representing the velar nasal sound /ŋ/ as in the English word "sing." This rune is historically associated with the later medieval runic systems used in Scandinavia and is closely related to the earlier Elder Futhark rune *Ingwaz, which symbolized the Germanic god Ing or Yngvi. In Unicode, it is classified under the Runic block and serves as a digital reference for scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts working with runic inscriptions or modern typographic representations of ancient Germanic writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Runic Letter Eng |
| Block | Runic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᚶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᚶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9A 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x16B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000016B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u16b6 |