U+1190D "𑤍" Dives Akuru Letter Kha Unicode Character

U+1190D "𑤍" Dives Akuru Letter Kha is a specific character in the Dives Akuru script, an historic abugida used primarily to write the Maldivian language in the southern atolls of the Maldives before the adoption of the Thaana script. This letter represents the aspirated voiceless velar plosive sound /kʰ/, corresponding to the consonant "kha" in the Dives Akuru inventory. It belongs to the Dives Akuru Unicode block, which was added to the standard in 2020 with version 14.0 to support the digital preservation and scholarly study of this now extinct script, known for its rounded forms and association with ancient Buddhist and Islamic texts.