U+1B06B "𛁫" Hentaigana Letter Tu-3 Unicode Character

U+1B06B "𛁫" Hentaigana Letter Tu-3 is a historical variant form of the Japanese hiragana syllable "tu" (now pronounced "tsu" in standard modern Japanese) used in the Hentaigana script, which consists of alternative and obsolete cursive forms of hiragana that were widely employed before the standardization of Japanese writing in the early 20th century. This specific character is one of several variants for the syllable tu, numbered as the third distinct style, and it appears in historical documents, calligraphy, and literature where authors chose from a range of graceful, personalized kana shapes. Encoding this character allows digital preservation and accurate rendering of pre-modern Japanese texts, ensuring that scholars and enthusiasts can study and reproduce the nuanced orthography of the Edo and Meiji periods.