DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN I character

DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN I
U+093F
2367
ि
ि
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Devanagari
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ि












DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN I is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN I is Left-to-Right (Strong). It belongs to the strong left-to-right characters..

The Left-to-Right (L) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from left to right. This includes most alphabetic characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and other scripts that are typically written in this direction. The presence of L characters in a text influences the overall text directionality in bidirectional contexts.

Spacing Mark (Mc) refers to marks that typically appear as separate characters in writing. Unlike nonspacing marks, spacing marks take up space in the text and may affect the placement of surrounding characters. They are often used in scripts like Devanagari to indicate vowel sounds.

This character belongs to the Devanagari block. The Devanagari block contains characters used in the Devanagari script, which is used for writing several languages in India, including Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit. The Devanagari script is an abugida, where each consonant carries an inherent vowel sound that can be modified by adding diacritical marks. This block includes all the essential characters needed to write these languages, including vowels, consonants, numerals, and various diacritics. Devanagari is one of the most widely used scripts in India and plays a crucial role in religious, literary, and governmental texts..