COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER I character

COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER I
U+A675
42613
ꙵ
ꙵ
Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
230
Cyrillic Extended-B
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ꙵ












COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER I is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of COMBINING CYRILLIC LETTER I 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 Cyrillic Extended-B block. The Cyrillic Extended-B block contains additional Cyrillic characters that are used in various languages across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Siberia. These characters extend the basic Cyrillic alphabet to accommodate the orthographic needs of languages that are not fully covered by the standard Cyrillic blocks. This block is essential for preserving the linguistic diversity of the Cyrillic script, ensuring that all languages using this script can be accurately represented in written form..