U+16B9 "" Runic Letter Wunjo Wynn W Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Runic Source: Browser Default

U+16B9 "" Runic Letter Wunjo Wynn W is a character from the Runic block used to represent the w sound in various Germanic runic alphabets, such as the Elder Futhark, where it is called *wunjō, meaning "joy" or "bliss." In the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is known as wynn, and it was adopted into the Old English Latin alphabet as the letter Ƿ (wynn) before being replaced by the modern letter W. Its shape resembles a vertical line with two upward slanted branches, and it appears in historical inscriptions on artifacts like the Franks Casket, symbolizing concepts of happiness and prosperity in runic lore.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ᚹ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᚹ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x9A 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0x16B9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000016B9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u16b9