U+10457 "𐑗" Shavian Letter Church Unicode Character

U+10457 "𐑗" Shavian Letter Church is a phonetic letter within the Shavian alphabet, which was designed to represent the distinct speech sound of the English consonant digraph "ch" as heard in the word "church." This character is part of the Shavian block of Unicode, a script created in the mid-20th century by Kingsley Read as a phonemic alternative to the Latin alphabet, aiming to improve English literacy and simplify spelling. Its specific shape combines a tall, curved vertical stroke with a small counterclockwise loop at the top, visually symbolizing the unvoiced palato-alveolar affricate sound it represents.