ARABIC LETTER MARK character

ARABIC LETTER MARK
U+061C
1564
؜
؜
Cf (Format Character)
AL (Right-to-Left Arabic)
N
0
Arabic
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
؜












ARABIC LETTER MARK is a format control character from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of ARABIC LETTER MARK is Right-to-Left Arabic (Strong). It belongs to the strong right-to-left characters..

The Right-to-Left Arabic (AL) bidi class is similar to the Right-to-Left (R) class, but it specifically applies to Arabic script characters and characters from other scripts that behave similarly. This class is important for the correct handling of Arabic text in bidirectional contexts, ensuring that it aligns properly with the overall text direction.

Format (Cf) refers to characters that affect the formatting of text without being displayed themselves. These characters control the behavior of text in ways such as directionality, joining, and spacing, ensuring that the text appears correctly in different contexts.

This character belongs to the Arabic block. The Arabic block contains characters used in writing the Arabic script, which is one of the most widely used writing systems in the world. The script is used for writing Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and several other languages across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. The Arabic script is written from right to left and includes characters with contextual forms that change depending on their position in a word. This block includes the core letters, numerals, and commonly used punctuation marks. The script is notable for its cursive form, where most letters are connected..