U+16B4 "ᚴ" Runic Letter Kaun K Unicode Character

U+16B4 "ᚴ" Runic Letter Kaun K is a character from the Runic block, representing the rune known as Kaun, which in the Elder Futhark is associated with the sound "k" and typically translates to a torch or ulcer in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian rune poems. This rune appears in various historical runic alphabets, including the Elder Futhark, the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, and the Younger Futhark, holding meanings linked to luminescence, affliction, or the spark of life depending on the cultural context. Its design consists of a vertical line with two slanted branches descending from the upper half to the right, and it is encoded for use in digital text to support historical and linguistic studies of Germanic runic writing systems.