U+10A80 "𐪀" Old North Arabian Letter Heh Unicode Character

U+10A80 "𐪀" Old North Arabian Letter Heh is a grapheme from the Old North Arabian script, an ancient writing system used in the Arabian Peninsula from roughly the 8th to the 4th centuries BCE to inscribe dialects like Dadanitic and Taymanitic. This character corresponds to the sound /h/, akin to the English "h" in "hello", and it is a descendant of the Proto-Sinaitic letter heh, which later evolved into the Hebrew letter He and the Arabic letter Ha. The Old North Arabian script is a member of the South Semitic family, written from right to left, and was primarily employed for rock carvings and monumental inscriptions, offering vital insights into the pre-Islamic cultures and languages of northern Arabia. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Old North Arabian block ensures that scholars and enthusiasts can digitally preserve and study this historic script.