COPTIC COMBINING SPIRITUS ASPER character

COPTIC COMBINING SPIRITUS ASPER
U+2CF0
11504
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
230
Coptic
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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COPTIC COMBINING SPIRITUS ASPER is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of COPTIC COMBINING SPIRITUS ASPER 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 Coptic block. The Coptic block contains characters used in the Coptic script, which is an adaptation of the Greek alphabet with additional characters from Demotic Egyptian. The Coptic script was used for writing the Coptic language, the last stage of the ancient Egyptian language. The script was primarily used in religious texts by the Coptic Orthodox Church, which continues to use the script in liturgical contexts today. This block includes all the characters needed to write in Coptic, reflecting its importance in the preservation of Egyptian heritage and Christian liturgy..