DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN UU character

DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN UU
U+0942
2370
ू
ू
Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
0
Devanagari
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ू












DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN UU is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of DEVANAGARI VOWEL SIGN UU 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 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..