KAITHI SIGN VIRAMA character

KAITHI SIGN VIRAMA
U+110B9
69817
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
9
Kaithi
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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KAITHI SIGN VIRAMA is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of KAITHI SIGN VIRAMA 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 Kaithi block. The Kaithi block contains characters used in the Kaithi script, which was historically used in northern India for writing languages such as Hindi, Bhojpuri, and Magahi. The script was commonly used for legal, administrative, and personal documents from the 16th to the 20th century. This block ensures that texts written in Kaithi can be accurately represented and preserved in digital formats, supporting the study of regional languages and histories..