U+16D1 "ᛑ" Runic Letter D Unicode Character

U+16D1 "ᛑ" Runic Letter D is a character from the Elder Futhark runic alphabet, specifically representing the rune known as *Dagaz, which is associated with the sound "d" and symbolically linked to concepts of daylight, awakening, and transformation. This rune's name, meaning "day" in Proto-Germanic, reflects its historical use in inscriptions and magical contexts from roughly the 2nd to 8th centuries CE throughout Scandinavia and Germanic regions. In modern digital typography, it is included in the Unicode Runic block to enable accurate representation and study of ancient Germanic scripts, maintaining its visual form as a distinct angular symbol.