U+16EB "᛫" Runic Single Punctuation Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᛫
U+16EB "᛫" Runic Single Punctuation is a small vertical or angled dot used in runic inscriptions to separate words or phrases, functioning similarly to a modern period or comma. It appears primarily in medieval runic texts, where it helps clarify boundaries between linguistic units without relying on spaces. This character is part of the Runic block in Unicode, preserving the stylistic punctuation of historical Germanic writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16EB |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Runic Single Punctuation |
| Block | Runic |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᛫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᛫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9B 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x16EB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000016EB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u16eb |