U+081C "ࠜ" Samaritan Vowel Sign Long E Unicode Character

U+081C "ࠜ" Samaritan Vowel Sign Long E is a diacritical mark used in the Samaritan script, an ancient writing system descended from Paleo-Hebrew and still employed by the Samaritan community for liturgical and scholarly purposes. This specific sign indicates a long e vowel sound, positioned above or attached to a consonantal base to modify its pronunciation, and it forms part of the Samaritan vowel system that helps preserve the traditional reading of the Samaritan Torah. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Samaritan block, which was added in version 5.2 in 2009 to support the digital representation of this historically significant script.