KANNADA SIGN VISARGA character

KANNADA SIGN VISARGA
U+0C83
3203
ಃ
ಃ
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Kannada
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ಃ












KANNADA SIGN VISARGA is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of KANNADA SIGN VISARGA 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 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..