U+10C3E "𐰾" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Aes Unicode Character

U+10C3E "𐰾" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Aes is a character from the Old Turkic script, which was used by early Turkic peoples for inscriptions on monuments and artifacts, most notably the Orkhon inscriptions in Mongolia dating back to the 8th century. This specific letter represents a sound akin to a voiceless or voiced velar fricative, often transcribed as "k" or "g" depending on context, and is part of the Orkhon alphabet that was crucial for recording the language of the Göktürk and Uyghur empires. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and study of this ancient writing system.