COMBINING DEVANAGARI DIGIT FIVE character

COMBINING DEVANAGARI DIGIT FIVE
U+A8E5
43237
꣥
꣥
Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
230
Devanagari Extended
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
꣥












COMBINING DEVANAGARI DIGIT FIVE is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of COMBINING DEVANAGARI DIGIT FIVE 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 Devanagari Extended block. The Devanagari Extended block contains additional characters used in the Devanagari script, which is used for writing several languages in India, including Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit. The block extends the range of characters available in the Devanagari script to accommodate additional sounds and orthographic requirements of these languages. These extensions are essential for accurately representing the linguistic diversity of the Indian subcontinent, ensuring that all languages using the Devanagari script can be fully and accurately represented in digital text..