U+A8B8 "ꢸ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign U Unicode Character

U+A8B8 "ꢸ" Saurashtra Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Saurashtra script, which historically writes the Saurashtra language spoken in parts of Gujarat, India. This vowel sign represents the short 'u' sound and is placed below a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, forming syllables like 'ku' or 'gu'. It is part of the Saurashtra block in Unicode, encoded to support digital preservation and rendering of this Brahmic-derived script, which is important for cultural and linguistic heritage work alongside fonts like Noto Sans Saurashtra.