U+10C23 "𐰣" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon An Unicode Character

U+10C23 "𐰣" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon An is a grapheme from the Old Turkic script, specifically the Orkhon alphabet used by early Turkic peoples in Central Asia between the 8th and 10th centuries CE. This letter represents the consonant sound "n" in the Orkhon inscriptions, which are monumental texts carved on stone stelae, most famously the Orkhon inscriptions in present-day Mongolia. The script itself is written from right to left and was used to record the Old Turkic language, belonging to the Runic family of scripts due to its angular, rune like appearance. As part of the Unicode standard's Old Turkic block, this character helps preserve and digitally encode an ancient writing system vital for understanding early Turkic history and linguistics.