U+10503 "𐔃" Elbasan Letter Che Unicode Character

U+10503 "𐔃" Elbasan Letter Che is a letter from the Elbasan script, an alphabet created in the mid-18th century for writing the Albanian language, primarily associated with the Elbasan Gospel manuscript. This specific character represents the sound "tsh" or "ch" and is part of a unique set of letters that were developed with influences from both Greek and Latin scripts but with distinctive shapes of its own. The Elbasan alphabet was an early effort to standardize Albanian writing before the adoption of the modern Latin-based alphabet, and while it is now largely of historical and scholarly interest, it remains important for studying the linguistic and cultural heritage of Albania.