ᛄ

ᛄ U+16C4, ᛄ RUNIC LETTER GER ← ᛃ [U+16C3] Runic ᛅ → [U+16C5]

Translingual

Etymology

From the Elder Fuþark ᛃ, possibly a modification of the Latin G or C, possibly a Germanic innovation.

Letter

ᛄ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark (ᛃ), the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᛄ, called ġēr), and the Younger Fuþark (ᛅ, called ár in Old Norse), representing /j/ in the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc, and associated with the year or the harvest.

See also

• ᛡ, a related Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc letter, ior, a bindrune of ġifu and is.
• ᛃ
• ᛅ

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ᛄ (j)

1. the twelfth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /j/

See also

• (Runic script letters) ᚠ (f), ᚢ (u), ᚦ (þ), ᚩ (ó), ᚱ (r), ᚳ (c), ᚷ (ġ), ᚹ (w), ᚻ (h), ᚾ (n), ᛁ (i), ᛄ (j), ᛇ (eo), ᛈ (p), ᛉ (x), ᛋ (s), ᛏ (t), ᛒ (b), ᛖ (e), ᛗ (m), ᛚ (l), ᛝ (ŋ), ᛟ (œ), ᛞ (d), ᚪ (a), ᚨ, ᚣ (y), ᛡ (io), ᛠ (ea)