U+10B10 "𐬐" Avestan Letter Ke Unicode Character

U+10B10 "𐬐" Avestan Letter Ke is a glyph used in the Avestan script, representing a consonantal sound roughly equivalent to the English letter 'k'. This script was historically employed to write the Avestan language, a sacred liturgical language of Zoroastrianism, primarily found in manuscripts of the Avesta, the religion's central collection of texts. The letter itself belongs to the Avestan alphabet, which was developed during the Sassanian period to accurately record the phonetic details of the oral Zoroastrian scriptures. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character enables digital preservation and scholarly study of these ancient religious and linguistic materials, ensuring continued access to a key element of Zoroastrian cultural heritage.