U+16B9 "ᚹ" Runic Letter Wunjo Wynn W Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+16B9 "ᚹ" 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.
General Properties
Code Point
U+16B9
Name
Runic Letter Wunjo Wynn W
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Runic