U+10448 "𐑈" Deseret Small Letter Zhee Unicode Character

U+10448 "𐑈" Deseret Small Letter Zhee is a letter from the Deseret alphabet, a phonemic writing system created in the mid-19th century by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under Brigham Young to simplify English spelling. Representing the voiced postalveolar fricative sound, similar to the "s" in "measure" or the "zh" in "Zhivago," it was designed for use in religious and educational texts but never gained widespread adoption. Today, this character is primarily of historical and linguistic interest, used in digital typography and scholarly works to preserve the unique script.