U+10406 "𐐆" Deseret Capital Letter Short I Unicode Character

U+10406 "𐐆" Deseret Capital Letter Short I is a typographic symbol from the Deseret alphabet, a phonetic script created in the mid-19th century by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the direction of Brigham Young to simplify English spelling and promote literacy among Mormon pioneers. This specific character represents the short "i" sound, as in the word "it," and is the uppercase form used at the beginning of sentences or for proper nouns in the Deseret writing system. Although the alphabet was never widely adopted and fell out of use after a few decades, it was encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Deseret block, preserving its historical and linguistic significance for digital text and scholarly study.