U+10C02 "𐰂" Old Turkic Letter Yenisei Ae Unicode Character

U+10C02 "𐰂" Old Turkic Letter Yenisei Ae is a glyph from the Old Turkic script, specifically representing a variant form of the letter used to denote a vowel sound in the Orkhon and Yenisei writing systems historically employed by Turkic peoples in Central Asia and Siberia. It is part of the Old Turkic Unicode block, which was added to support the reconstruction and digital preservation of ancient inscriptions, such as those found on stone monuments from the Göktürk and Uyghur khanates. This particular letter, characterized by its distinct angular shape, is associated with the Yenisei branch of the script and corresponds to a back vowel, often transliterated as "ae" or a similar phoneme in modern scholarly works.