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.
list
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 +1 683 (5763) | ᚃ | other letter, syllable or ideogram | from left to right | OGHAM LETTER FEARN | Ogam LETTER Fearn |
U +1 684 (5764) | 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 +1 687 (5767) | 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 +1 689 (5769) | 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 +1 691 (5777) | ᚑ | other letter, syllable or ideogram | from left to right | OGHAM LETTER ONN | Ogam LETTER ONN |
U +1 692 (5778) | 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 +1 696 (5782) | 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 |
Graphic board
Web links
Commons : Ogham characters - collection of images
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