U+119D4 "𑧔" Nandinagari Vowel Sign U Unicode Character

U+119D4 "𑧔" Nandinagari Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Nandinagari script, an ancient Brahmic writing system primarily employed to write Sanskrit and other languages in historical inscriptions from South India. This vowel sign modifies a consonant character to denote the short vowel sound /u/, altering the default inherent vowel of the consonant. It is positioned below the consonant letter it modifies, forming part of the syllabic structure of the script. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in version 12.0 in 2019, within the Nandinagari block (U+119A0 to U+119D7), to support the digital representation of historical manuscripts and epigraphical texts.