U+11A38 "𑨸" Zanabazar Square Sign Anusvara Unicode Character

U+11A38 "𑨸" Zanabazar Square Sign Anusvara is a diacritical mark used in the Zanabazar Square script, a historical abugida created in the 17th century by the Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar for writing Tibetan and Sanskrit. This specific sign represents the anusvara, which indicates nasalization of the preceding vowel or the presence of a homorganic nasal consonant, depending on the phonological context, and it is typically placed above the character it modifies. The character is part of the Zanabazar Square block in Unicode, which was added to support the accurate digital representation of this script used primarily in religious and scholarly texts from Mongolia and Tibet.