U+11A20 "𑨠" Zanabazar Square Letter Ba Unicode Character

U+11A20 "𑨠" Zanabazar Square Letter Ba is a glyph from the Zanabazar Square script, which was created in the late 17th century by the Mongolian Buddhist monk and scholar Zanabazar. This script was designed to write Mongolian, Tibetan, and Sanskrit, primarily for religious and scholarly purposes, and it features a distinctive angular, square-like appearance that mimics the layout of Tibetan calligraphy while maintaining its own structural integrity. The letter Ba represents the consonant sound "b" and holds a place within the script's consonant inventory, used in the transcription of sacred texts and historical documents. Today, it is part of the Unicode standard to preserve and digitally support this rare and culturally significant writing system, which fell out of common use but remains important for historical and linguistic study.