U+11C78 "𑱸" Marchen Letter Ja Unicode Character

U+11C78 "𑱸" Marchen Letter Ja is a glyph representing a consonant from the Marchen script, a historical Brahmic abugida used primarily within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to write the extinct Zhangzhung language. This specific letter corresponds to the sound "ja" and belongs to the Unicode block spanning from U+11C70 to U+11C8F, which was added to the standard in version 9.0 released in 2016 to support the digital representation of this ancient script. The character is typically drawn with a distinctive curved shape and is used in religious manuscripts and inscriptions originating from the ancient kingdom of Zhangzhung in western Tibet, preserving a vital link to the region’s pre-Buddhist cultural and linguistic heritage.