JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET character

JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET
U+A9BD
43453
ꦽ
ꦽ
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Javanese
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ꦽ












JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET 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 Javanese block. The Javanese block contains characters used in the Javanese script, which is used for writing the Javanese language spoken on the island of Java in Indonesia. The script is an abugida, where each consonant has an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritics. This block is important for preserving the rich literary and cultural heritage of the Javanese people, ensuring that their language can be accurately represented and studied in digital formats..