ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF character

ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF
U+0656
1622
ٖ
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
220
Arabic
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF is Nonspacing Mark (Weak). It belongs to the non-spacing marks, which take on the directionality of the characters to which they attach..

The Nonspacing Mark (NSM) bidi class is assigned to diacritical marks that do not occupy their own space but modify the preceding base character. NSMs are neutral in directionality but inherit the directionality of the base character they are attached to. They are essential for the accurate representation of characters with diacritics in bidirectional text.

Nonspacing Mark (Mn) refers to diacritical marks that do not occupy their own space but instead combine with a preceding base character to modify its sound or meaning. Nonspacing marks are essential in many scripts, including Latin, Arabic, and Devanagari, for accurate representation of text.

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..