U+10C13 "𐰓" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Aed Unicode Character

U+10C13 "𐰓" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Aed is a glyph from the Old Turkic script block, specifically representing the phoneme /d/ as used in the Orkhon variant of the alphabet. This letter is one of the consonant signs employed in inscriptions from the Orkhon Valley in Mongolia, dating back to the 8th century and associated with the Göktürk and Uyghur empires. The character itself is written with a distinctive angled shape, resembling a stylized arrow or hook, and is read from right to left in alignment with the script’s writing direction. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this historically significant script, which was deciphered in the late 19th century and is crucial for studying early Turkic languages and their cultural heritage.