Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ᚷ has the Unicode code point U+16B7. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format:1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
Where thexare the payload bits.UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range Codepoint Range Bytes Bit pattern Payload length U+0000 - U+007F 1 0xxxxxxx 7 bits U+0080 - U+07FF 2 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx 11 bits U+0800 - U+FFFF 3 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 16 bits U+10000 - U+10FFFF 4 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 21 bits Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:
Convert the hexadecimal code point U+16B7 to binary:
00010110 10110111. Those are the payload bits.Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:
Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
11100001 10011010 10110111
RUNIC LETTER GEBO GYFU G·U+16B7
ᚷ
Character Information
Code Point
U+16B7
HEX
16B7
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E1 9A B7 | 11100001 10011010 10110111 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 16 B7 | 00010110 10110111 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | B7 16 | 10110111 00010110 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 16 B7 | 00000000 00000000 00010110 10110111 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | B7 16 00 00 | 10110111 00010110 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
ᚷ
URI Encoded
%E1%9A%B7
Description
U+16B7 is the Unicode character code for RUNIC LETTER GEBO GYFU G, a letter from the Elder Futhark runic alphabet used by the Germanic peoples of the Early Iron Age in areas corresponding to present-day Scandinavia, Germany, and the Netherlands. In digital text, it is used for typography purposes, particularly in contexts where ancient or historical texts are transcribed or displayed. RUNIC LETTER GEBO GYFU G holds cultural significance as part of the rich history of runic scripts, which evolved over time into the Younger Futhark and then the Medieval Runes. Its precise phonetic value is uncertain due to the lack of a consistent system for representing sounds in the Elder Futhark script. However, it has been proposed that RUNIC LETTER GEBO GYFU G represented a consonant sound similar to /g/ or /ɣ/. The character's usage and study contribute to linguistic research, historical reconstruction, and digital humanities.
How to type the ᚷ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 5815 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.