U+1753 "ᝓ" Buhid Vowel Sign U Unicode Character

U+1753 "ᝓ" Buhid Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Buhid script, an indigenous writing system of the Philippines employed for the Buhid language on the island of Mindoro. This vowel sign modifies a consonant character by adding the sound of the vowel "u" to it, appearing as a distinct symbol positioned to the left of the base consonant, in accordance with the script's left-to-right direction. It is part of the Buhid block in Unicode, which encodes characters for this script that is closely related to other Philippine scripts like Hanunoo and Tagbanwa, and it helps represent the language's vocalic distinctions in written form.