HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF character

Name:

HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF

Hex Number:

U+05BE

Decimal Number:

1470

HTML Entity (Dec):

HTML Entity (Hex):

Category:

Pd (Dash Punctuation)

Bidi Class:

R (Right-to-Left)

Mirrored:

Combining Class:

Unicode Block:

Hebrew

Plane:

Plane Code:

BMP

Plane Description:

Basic Multilingual Plane

Plane Range:

0000-FFFF

Character Preview:

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HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF is a dash or hyphen punctuation mark from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF 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.

Dash Punctuation (Pd) refers to characters that serve as dashes in text. Dashes are used to indicate ranges, interruptions, or separations in text. Examples include the hyphen (-), en dash (–), and em dash (—).

This character belongs to the Hebrew block. The Hebrew block includes characters used in the Hebrew script, one of the oldest writing systems still in use today. The Hebrew script is used primarily for writing Hebrew, but it is also used in liturgical texts for other Jewish languages such as Yiddish and Ladino. This block includes the 22 Hebrew letters, along with a few additional characters for final forms of certain letters and common punctuation marks. The script is written from right to left and is essential for religious texts, scholarly work, and modern Hebrew communication..

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