Unicode block Ogam

The Unicode block Ogam (English Ogham, U + 1680 to U + 169F) contains the characters of the Celtic Ogam script, which was used mainly in Ireland in the 4th – 6th centuries . Century personal names were carved into menhirs and other objects. The Ogam script is an alphabet in which various combinations of horizontal, diagonal, right, left or both sides of a vertical base line encode the letters of the Latin alphabet . Depending on the writing material, other orientations also occur; In scientific publications the Ogam script is mostly written from left to right.

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Unicode number	Characters (400%)	category	Bidirectional class	Official name	description
U + 1680 (5760)		Separator (space) characters	Whitespace	OGHAM SPACE MARK	Ogam space
U + 1681 (5761)	ᚁ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER BEITH	Ogam LETTER BEITH
U + 1682 (5762)	ᚂ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER LUIS	Ogam LETTER Luis
U [phone])	ᚃ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER FEARN	Ogam LETTER Fearn
U [phone])	ᚄ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER SAIL	Ogam letter Sail
U + 1685 (5765)	ᚅ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER NION	Ogam LETTER NION
U + 1686 (5766)	ᚆ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER UATH	Ogam LETTER UATH
U [phone])	ᚇ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER DAIR	Ogam LETTER DAIR
U + 1688 (5768)	ᚈ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER TINNE	Ogam LETTER TINNE
U [phone])	ᚉ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER COLL	Ogam Letter Coll
U + 168A (5770)	ᚊ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER CEIRT	Ogam LETTER Ceirt
U + 168B (5771)	ᚋ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER MUIN	Ogam LETTER MUIN
U + 168C (5772)	ᚌ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER GORT	Ogam LETTER GORT
U + 168D (5773)	ᚍ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER NGEADAL	Ogam LETTER Ngeadal
U + 168E (5774)	ᚎ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER STRAIF	Ogam Letter Straif
U + 168F (5775)	ᚏ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER RUIS	Ogam LETTER RUI
U + 1690 (5776)	ᚐ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER AILM	Ogam LETTER AILM
U [phone])	ᚑ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER ONN	Ogam LETTER ONN
U [phone])	ᚒ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER UR	Ogam letter ur
U + 1693 (5779)	ᚓ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER EADHADH	Ogam LETTER Eadhadh
U + 1694 (5780)	ᚔ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER IODHADH	Ogam LETTER IODHADH
U + 1695 (5781)	ᚕ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER EABHADH	Ogam LETTER EABHADH
U [phone])	ᚖ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER OR	Ogam Letter Or
U + 1697 (5783)	ᚗ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER UILLEANN	Ogam LETTER UILLEANN
U + 1698 (5784)	ᚘ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER IFIN	Ogam LETTER IFIN
U + 1699 (5785)	ᚙ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER EAMHANCHOLL	Ogam Letter Eamhancholl
U + 169A (5786)	ᚚ	other letter, syllable or ideogram	from left to right	OGHAM LETTER PEITH	Ogam letter peith
U + 169B (5787)	᚛	opening dotting (of a pair)	other neutral sign	OGHAM FEATHER MARK	Ogam pen sign
U + 169C (5788)	᚜	closing punctuation (of a pair)	other neutral sign	OGHAM REVERSED FEATHER MARK	Ogam-twisted pen mark

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