U+16CF "ᛏ" Runic Letter Tiwaz Tir Tyr T Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᛏ
U+16CF "ᛏ" Runic Letter Tiwaz Tir Tyr T is a rune from the Elder Futhark alphabet, named after the Norse god Tyr, who was associated with war, justice, and oaths. Its shape resembles an upward-pointing arrow or spear, symbolizing direction, honor, and the principle of self-sacrifice for a greater cause. In runic inscriptions, this character represented the phoneme /t/, and it appears in various historical contexts, including Viking Age memorial stones and medieval manuscripts. The multiple names in its description reflect linguistic variations across Old Norse and Old English runic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16CF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Runic Letter Tiwaz Tir Tyr T |
| Block | Runic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᛏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᛏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9B 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x16CF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000016CF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u16cf |