U+074E "ݎ" Syriac Letter Sogdian Khaph Unicode Character

U+074E "ݎ" Syriac Letter Sogdian Khaph is a specific grapheme used in the Syriac script to represent a consonant sound, primarily employed in historical and liturgical contexts for writing the Sogdian language, an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in Central Asia. This character belongs to the Syriac block of Unicode and is a variant of the letter Khaph, distinguished by its unique form for rendering Sogdian phonetic values in manuscripts and inscriptions. It is rarely used in modern digital communication but is essential for accurate textual representation and scholarly study of ancient Sogdian religious, commercial, and literary texts.