U+1E06 "Ḇ" Latin Capital Letter B with Line Below Unicode Character

U+1E06 "Ḇ" Latin Capital Letter B with Line Below is a modified version of the standard Latin letter B, distinguished by a horizontal diacritical mark placed directly beneath it. This character is primarily used in certain scholarly transliteration systems, particularly for transcribing languages such as Sanskrit or other Indic scripts, where it often represents a voiced bilabial plosive that is implosive or otherwise distinct from a plain B. It can also appear in phonetic notation or linguistic documentation to denote a specific pronunciation variant. The lowercase counterpart is U+1E07 "ḇ", and the line below is a diacritic that signals a modification in articulation, such as retroflexion or breathiness, depending on the transcription scheme.