KATAKANA-HIRAGANA DOUBLE HYPHEN character

KATAKANA-HIRAGANA DOUBLE HYPHEN
U+30A0
12448
゠
゠
Pd (Dash Punctuation)
ON (Other Neutrals)
N
0
Katakana
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
゠












KATAKANA-HIRAGANA DOUBLE HYPHEN is a dash or hyphen punctuation mark from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of KATAKANA-HIRAGANA DOUBLE HYPHEN is Other Neutrals (Neutral). It belongs to the neutrals. Whitespace and punctuation, which take on the directionality of the surrounding text..

The Other Neutral (ON) bidi class includes characters that do not have a strong directional preference and can appear in any text context without influencing the overall directionality. These characters include punctuation marks, symbols, and various other text elements that do not fit into more specific bidi classes.

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 Katakana block. The Katakana block includes characters used in the Katakana script, which, along with Hiragana, forms one of the two syllabaries used in the Japanese writing system. Katakana is used primarily for foreign loanwords, the names of plants, animals, and companies, and for emphasis, much like italics in English. This block includes all 46 basic Katakana characters, as well as several extended Katakana characters and marks. Katakana plays a crucial role in modern Japanese, especially in the context of technology, international communication, and popular culture..