BHAIKSUKI SIGN VIRAMA character

BHAIKSUKI SIGN VIRAMA
U+11C3F
72767
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
9
Bhaiksuki
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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BHAIKSUKI SIGN VIRAMA is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of BHAIKSUKI SIGN VIRAMA 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.

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 Bhaiksuki block. The Bhaiksuki block contains characters used in the Bhaiksuki script, which was used for writing Sanskrit and other languages in the eastern regions of India, particularly in the context of Buddhist texts. The script is an abugida, with each consonant carrying an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritics. The Bhaiksuki script was used primarily for religious manuscripts and inscriptions, and it reflects the cultural and religious exchanges in the region during the first millennium CE. This block includes all the characters needed to write in Bhaiksuki..