U+168F "ᚏ" Ogham Letter Ruis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+168F "ᚏ" Ogham Letter Ruis is a symbol from the ancient Ogham alphabet, a medieval writing system used primarily to represent the early Irish language on stone monuments and wooden implements. This specific letter, named "Ruis" and associated with the sound "R," also carries a traditional meaning of "red" or "blush," often linked to the elder tree in the Ogham tree calendar and symbolizing cycles of life, death, and renewal. In modern contexts, the character is used for academic and cultural purposes, such as in linguistic studies or digital representations of Ogham script.
General Properties
Code Point
U+168F
Name
Ogham Letter Ruis
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᚏ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᚏ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x9A 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding
0x168F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000168F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u168f
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ogham