ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZHE character

ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZHE
U+056A
1386
ժ
ժ
Ll (Lowercase Letter)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Armenian
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZHE is a lowercase letter from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZHE is Left-to-Right (Strong). It belongs to the strong left-to-right characters..

The Left-to-Right (L) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from left to right. This includes most alphabetic characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and other scripts that are typically written in this direction. The presence of L characters in a text influences the overall text directionality in bidirectional contexts.

Lowercase Letter (Ll) refers to characters that are lowercase in a bicameral script. These include lowercase letters in scripts like Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and others. Lowercase letters are typically used for most of the text in a language that has case distinction.

This character belongs to the Armenian block. The Armenian block includes characters used for writing the Armenian language, which has its own unique script developed in the early 5th century by Saint Mesrop Mashtots. The Armenian script is an alphabetic writing system with 38 letters, including several unique ligatures. This block supports the full range of Armenian letters used in both classical and modern Armenian, along with punctuation marks and the Armenian eternity symbol. The script is still in use today, and it plays a vital role in the cultural identity and literary traditions of the Armenian people..