U+10FE "ჾ" Georgian Letter Hard Sign Unicode Character

U+10FE "ჾ" Georgian Letter Hard Sign is a modifier letter used in the Georgian script, specifically in the modern Georgian language and its related orthographies, to indicate that the preceding consonant should be pronounced with extra hardness or fortition, often making it a voiceless ejective or aspirated sound depending on the context. It is a combining diacritic-like character that attaches to the base consonant letter, and its use is relatively rare, primarily appearing in linguistic or phonetic transcriptions rather than in standard everyday Georgian text. This hard sign helps to distinguish subtle phonological contrasts that are not represented by the basic alphabet, serving as a specialized tool for precise pronunciation in scholarly or pedagogical settings.