GURMUKHI SIGN VISARGA character

GURMUKHI SIGN VISARGA
U+0A03
2563
ਃ
ਃ
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Gurmukhi
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ਃ












GURMUKHI SIGN VISARGA is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of GURMUKHI SIGN VISARGA 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 Gurmukhi block. The Gurmukhi block contains characters used in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily used for writing the Punjabi language, especially in the Indian state of Punjab. The script was standardized in the 16th century by Guru Angad, the second Sikh Guru. Gurmukhi is also an abugida, with each consonant carrying an inherent vowel sound that can be altered by diacritics. This block includes all the necessary characters for writing modern Punjabi, as well as several additional characters for transcribing Sanskrit and other languages. The script is also used in Sikh religious texts, most notably the Guru Granth Sahib..