COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY character

COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY
U+1ABE
6846
᪾
᪾
Me (Enclosing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
0
Combining Diacritical Marks Extended
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY is an enclosing combining mark from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of COMBINING PARENTHESES OVERLAY 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.

Enclosing Mark (Me) refers to marks that enclose or surround a base character, modifying its meaning or pronunciation. These marks are used in scripts like Arabic and Tibetan, where they often serve religious or grammatical functions. Enclosing marks are rare compared to nonspacing and spacing marks.

This character belongs to the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block. The Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block contains additional diacritical marks that are used in combination with base characters to modify their pronunciation, tone, or meaning. These marks are essential in various languages for accurately representing sounds, indicating stress, or distinguishing between words with different meanings. This block extends the range of diacritical marks available in Unicode, providing support for a wider array of languages and scholarly notations, particularly in linguistics and phonetics..