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Inguz Symbol
ᛜRunic letter ingwazU+16DCReady to copy
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Character
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Code point
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U+16DC. The rune for ng in the Elder Futhark: the twenty-second of its 24. Its reconstructed name, ingwaz, is the name Ing. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
U+16DD. A variant shape of the same rune, with a code point of its own because it is a separate letter in the Anglo-Saxon row, where its name is Ing. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
U+014B. The letter scholars write this rune with, and the phonetic sign for the ng of sing. Unicode's other names for it are engma and angma. \ng in LaTeX text.
Made of the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC: i and then ng, the sounds of the name Ing.
Made of the k rune U+16B2, the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC. An English word spelled out in Elder Futhark runes: one rune stands for the two letters n and g.
U+16DA. The l rune, the twenty-first: it stands just before the ng rune. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
U+16DE. The d rune. On the earliest listing of the row, the Kylver Stone of about 400, it follows the ng rune; the listings of the 6th century put the o rune there. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
U+16DF. The o rune. It closes the row on the Kylver Stone, and it follows the ng rune on the Vadstena and Mariedamm bracteates of the 6th century. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
Made of the r rune U+16B1, the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC.
Made of the s rune U+16CA, the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC.
Made of the s rune U+16CA, the o rune U+16DF and U+16DC.
Made of the l rune U+16DA, the o rune U+16DF and U+16DC.
U+16B6. A rune of the medieval rows, encoded for the ng sound of medieval inscriptions. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
Made of two U+03B3. Greek has no letter named Inguz. It writes ng followed by g as a double gamma, as in άγγελος, angel.
U+16C4. An Anglo-Saxon rune, ger, and not the ng rune. Some inscriptions are read as joining the i and ng runes into one sign of a similar shape, the lantern rune, though most such readings are disputed; Unicode gives no code point to a joined rune. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
U+25C7. A geometric shape, and not a letter of any alphabet.
U+25CA. A lozenge, by its Unicode name; not a runic letter.
U+22C4. A small diamond that is a maths operator, by its Unicode name; not a runic letter.
U+2662. The outline diamond of the playing card suit, by its Unicode name; not a runic letter.
The Inguz symbol is ᛜ, U+16DC: the rune for ng in the Elder Futhark, the oldest runic alphabet. Under its other spelling it is the Ingwaz rune, and the symbol has a second shape, ᛝ, which the Anglo-Saxon row uses.
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Named for a sound it cannot start with
A rune stands for the first sound of its name, with two exceptions, and this is one of them. No word began with ng, so the name carries the sound in its middle.
A latecomer to the row
No inscription from before about 400 is agreed to show it. It first turns up in the row of 24 cut on the Kylver Stone, and it is not found as a letter of its own outside such rows. It may be an invention, or a borrowing of the Latin Q.
Questions and answers
Is Inguz a Greek symbol?
No. It is a rune of the Elder Futhark, which Germanic peoples wrote from the 2nd to the 8th centuries. The Greek alphabet has no letter of that name, and Greek writes ng and g together with two gammas: γγ.
What is the literal translation of Inguz?
The name translates as Ing, a proper name and not a common word. Ing, Yngvi in Old Norse, is a god or legendary ancestor of early Germanic tradition. The Old English rune poem says he was first seen among the East Danes.
Is it Inguz or Ingwaz?
Both are scholars' reconstructions of one name that no inscription spells out. Unicode calls the character Runic letter ingwaz, and the Old English name of the rune is Ing.
How do I type the Ingwaz rune?
No keyboard key carries it and it has no Alt code, so copy it. A web page can write ᛜ or ᛜ. A device with no font for runes draws an empty box in its place.
All 19 runes and look-alikes
Start here 5
ᛁᛜIng, in two runesMade of the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC: i and then ng, the sounds of the name Ing.
ᚲᛁᛜKing, in three runesMade of the k rune U+16B2, the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC. An English word spelled out in Elder Futhark runes: one rune stands for the two letters n and g.
ŋLatin small letter engU+014B. The letter scholars write this rune with, and the phonetic sign for the ng of sing. Unicode's other names for it are engma and angma. \ng in LaTeX text.
ᛝRunic letter ingU+16DD. A variant shape of the same rune, with a code point of its own because it is a separate letter in the Anglo-Saxon row, where its name is Ing. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
ᛜRunic letter ingwazU+16DC. The rune for ng in the Elder Futhark: the twenty-second of its 24. Its reconstructed name, ingwaz, is the name Ing. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
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Its neighbours 3
ᛞRunic letter dagaz daeg dU+16DE. The d rune. On the earliest listing of the row, the Kylver Stone of about 400, it follows the ng rune; the listings of the 6th century put the o rune there. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
ᛚRunic letter laukaz lagu logr lU+16DA. The l rune, the twenty-first: it stands just before the ng rune. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
ᛟRunic letter othalan ethel oU+16DF. The o rune. It closes the row on the Kylver Stone, and it follows the ng rune on the Vadstena and Mariedamm bracteates of the 6th century. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
Words with ng 4
ᛚᛟᛜLong, in three runesMade of the l rune U+16DA, the o rune U+16DF and U+16DC.
ᚱᛁᛜRing, in three runesMade of the r rune U+16B1, the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC.
ᛊᛁᛜSing, in three runesMade of the s rune U+16CA, the i rune U+16C1 and U+16DC.
ᛊᛟᛜSong, in three runesMade of the s rune U+16CA, the o rune U+16DF and U+16DC.
Other ng signs 3
γγDouble gamma, the Greek ngMade of two U+03B3. Greek has no letter named Inguz. It writes ng followed by g as a double gamma, as in άγγελος, angel.
ᚶRunic letter engU+16B6. A rune of the medieval rows, encoded for the ng sound of medieval inscriptions. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
ᛄRunic letter gerU+16C4. An Anglo-Saxon rune, ger, and not the ng rune. Some inscriptions are read as joining the i and ng runes into one sign of a similar shape, the lantern rune, though most such readings are disputed; Unicode gives no code point to a joined rune. Added in Unicode 3.0 (1999).
Look-alikes 4
⋄Diamond operatorU+22C4. A small diamond that is a maths operator, by its Unicode name; not a runic letter.
◊LozengeU+25CA. A lozenge, by its Unicode name; not a runic letter.
◇White diamondU+25C7. A geometric shape, and not a letter of any alphabet.
♢White diamond suitU+2662. The outline diamond of the playing card suit, by its Unicode name; not a runic letter.