U+10C21 "𐰡" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Elt Unicode Character

U+10C21 "𐰡" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Elt is a grapheme from the Old Turkic script, an alphabet used to write the Old Turkic language in the Orkhon Valley of Mongolia during the 8th century CE. Specifically representing the sound "elt," this letter is part of the Orkhon variant of the script, which is historically significant for its use in monumental inscriptions such as those of the Göktürk Empire, which provide some of the earliest written records of Turkic languages. The character belongs to the Old Turkic Unicode block, encoded to support the digital preservation and study of this ancient writing system, reflecting a key component of Central Asian cultural and linguistic heritage.