ᛒ

ᛒ U+16D2, ᛒ RUNIC LETTER BERKANAN BEORC BJARKAN B ← ᛑ [U+16D1] Runic ᛓ → [U+16D3]

Translingual

Etymology

Probably from the Etruscan 𐌁, from the Phoenician character derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (b, “beth”). Cognates would then include the Ancient Greek Β (B) and the Latin B.

Letter

ᛒ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, with the reconstructed name *berkō (“birch”), representing /b/.