U+10F7F "𐽿" Old Uyghur Letter Shin Unicode Character

U+10F7F "𐽿" Old Uyghur Letter Shin is a glyph from the Old Uyghur script, an ancient writing system used primarily from the 8th to 17th centuries by Uyghur and other Central Asian peoples for a variety of languages including Uyghur, Mongolian, and Tibetan. This character represents the "sh" sound, similar to the English "sh" in "ship", and is part of a rune like abjad derived from the Syriac alphabet via Sogdian. The letter Shin is distinct from the similar looking Old Uyghur Letter Samekh, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and accurate rendering of historical texts, inscriptions, and manuscripts that were critical to the cultural and religious life of the medieval Uyghur Khanate.