KANNADA LETTER A character

KANNADA LETTER A
U+0C85
3205
ಅ
ಅ
Lo (Letter, Other)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Kannada
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ಅ












KANNADA LETTER A is other letters, including syllables and ideographs from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of KANNADA LETTER A 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.

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 Kannada block. The Kannada block includes characters used in the Kannada script, which is used for writing the Kannada language, a major Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Karnataka. The script is an abugida, where consonants carry an inherent vowel sound that can be changed with diacritical marks. This block contains vowels, consonants, numerals, and a range of diacritics. The Kannada script has been used for centuries in literature, inscriptions, and official documents, and it continues to be a vital part of the cultural identity in Karnataka..