U+11689 "𑚉" Takri Letter Au Unicode Character

U+11689 "𑚉" Takri Letter Au is a character from the Takri script, an abugida historically used in the northern Indian regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab. This specific character represents the vowel sound "au," which is a diphthong in languages like Dogri and Kashmiri. It belongs to the Takri block of Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2012 to preserve and support the digital representation of this historic writing system. Visually, the letter is composed of a curved stroke with a distinctive loop or tail, typical of the Takri script’s calligraphic style.