Historical & world alphabets
Ogham Alphabet & Code
The 20 primary Ogham signs and an interactive inscription converter with search and copy support.
20 original feda: Ogham is an early medieval Irish script of lines and notches crossing or following a central stemline. Historical Ogham did not have a separate one-to-one character for every letter in modern English.
ᚁBBeith
ᚂLLuis
ᚃFFearn
ᚄSSail
ᚅNNion
ᚆHÚath
ᚇDDair
ᚈTTinne
ᚉCColl
ᚊQCeirt
ᚋMMuin
ᚌGGort
ᚍNGnGéadal
ᚎSTStraif
ᚏRRuis
ᚐAAilm
ᚑOOnn
ᚒUÚr
ᚓEEadhadh
ᚔIIodhadh
Make an Ogham inscription
Type letters from the basic Ogham alphabet. Use NG or ST as letter groups when appropriate. Unsupported Latin letters are shown as brackets instead of being silently replaced.
How it is read
᚛Start markerFeather mark
᚜End markerEnding feather mark
ᚁᚑᚉBOCExample letters
On standing stones, Ogham is usually read upward along the edge from bottom to top. Modern Unicode text lays it out horizontally for convenience. Additional forfeda were introduced later and are not part of the original 20-sign chart.