BREVE character

Name:

BREVE

Hex Number:

U+02D8

Decimal Number:

728

HTML Entity (Dec):

HTML Entity (Hex):

Alternate Name:

SPACING BREVE

Category:

Sk (Modifier Symbol)

Bidi Class:

ON (Other Neutrals)

Mirrored:

Combining Class:

Unicode Block:

Spacing Modifier Letters

Plane:

Plane Code:

BMP

Plane Description:

Basic Multilingual Plane

Plane Range:

0000-FFFF

Character Preview:

˘

BREVE is a non-letterlike modifier symbol from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of BREVE is Other Neutrals (Neutral). It belongs to the neutrals. Whitespace and punctuation, which take on the directionality of the surrounding text..

The Other Neutral (ON) bidi class includes characters that do not have a strong directional preference and can appear in any text context without influencing the overall directionality. These characters include punctuation marks, symbols, and various other text elements that do not fit into more specific bidi classes.

Modifier Symbol (Sk) refers to small characters that modify the meaning of other characters. These symbols are often used in phonetic notations, linguistic texts, and various other contexts to indicate alterations in sound or meaning.

This character belongs to the Spacing Modifier Letters block. Spacing Modifier letters is a Unicode block containing characters for the IPA, UPA, and other phonetic transcriptions. Included are the IPA tone marks, and modifiers for aspiration and palatalization..

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