U+16BC "ᚼ" Runic Letter Long-Branch-Hagall H Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+16BC "ᚼ" Runic Letter Long-Branch-Hagall H is a glyph from the Elder Futhark, specifically a variant of the rune representing the sound /h/ known as *Hagalaz or Hagall, meaning "hail." Part of the runic Unicode block, its name designates the "long-branch" style of this rune, which features a distinct, elongated central stem with two branches extending to the left, as opposed to the simpler "short-twig" form. Historically, it was used in early Germanic inscriptions and later in medieval Scandinavian runic alphabets, primarily representing the consonant sound 'h' and appearing in inscriptions related to protection, transformation, or natural forces.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16BC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Runic Letter Long-Branch-Hagall H |
| Block | Runic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᚼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᚼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9A 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x16BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000016BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u16bc |