HATRAN LETTER SHIN character

HATRAN LETTER SHIN
U+108F4
67828
𐣴
𐣴
Lo (Letter, Other)
R (Right-to-Left)
N
0
Hatran
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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HATRAN LETTER SHIN is other letters, including syllables and ideographs from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of HATRAN LETTER SHIN is Right-to-Left (Strong). It belongs to the strong right-to-left characters..

The Right-to-Left (R) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from right to left. This class includes most alphabetic characters from scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Thaana. The R characters determine the directionality of text segments and are crucial in the processing of bidirectional text.

Other Letter (Lo) refers to letters that do not fit into the uppercase, lowercase, titlecase, or modifier letter categories. These include letters from scripts that do not have case distinction, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, and others. This category is also used for syllabic and ideographic characters that function as letters.

This character belongs to the Hatran block. The Hatran block contains characters used in the Hatran script, which was used to write the Aramaic language in the ancient city of Hatra (modern-day Iraq) from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE. The script is an abjad, with letters representing consonants, and it was used for inscriptions, religious texts, and official documents. The Hatran script is closely related to other Aramaic scripts and provides valuable information about the culture, religion, and administration of the Hatran civilization. This block includes all the characters needed to write in Hatran, reflecting its importance in the study of ancient Aramaic epigraphy..