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Kaunan

Name
 ? "torch" "ulcer"
Shape Elder Futhark Futhorc Younger Futhark
Runic letter kauna.svg Runic letter cen.svg Long-branch Kaun.svg
Unicode
U+16B2
U+16B3
U+16B4
Transliteration k c k
Transcription k c k, g
IPA [k] [k], [c], [tʃ] [k], [g]
Position in rune-row 6

The k-rune (Younger Futhark , Anglo-Saxon futhorc ) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic rune poems, meaning "ulcer". The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is *Kaunan. It is also known as Kenaz ("torch"), based on its Anglo-Saxon name.

The Elder Futhark shape is likely directly based on Old Italic c (C, ...
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