U+0840 "ࡀ" Mandaic Letter Halqa Unicode Character

U+0840 "ࡀ" Mandaic Letter Halqa is the first letter of the Mandaic alphabet, representing the glottal stop consonant sound often transcribed as a "halqa," which means "circle" or "ring" in Mandaic, a liturgical language of the Mandaean religious community. It is used in the sacred texts and rituals of Mandaeism, an ancient Gnostic religion originating in Mesopotamia, and it has a distinctive circular shape that reflects its name. This character belongs to the Mandaic script block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 to support the preservation and digital representation of this endangered language.