COMBINING LIGATURE RIGHT HALF character

COMBINING LIGATURE RIGHT HALF
U+FE21
65057
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
230
Combining Half Marks
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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COMBINING LIGATURE RIGHT HALF is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of COMBINING LIGATURE RIGHT HALF 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 Combining Half Marks block. The Combining Half Marks block contains diacritical marks that are used in conjunction with base characters to modify their pronunciation, tone, or meaning. These marks are designed to be placed above or below only half of a base character, making them particularly useful in scripts that require complex combinations of characters and diacritics. This block is essential for accurate representation of certain languages and for specialized typographic and scholarly work..