KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK character

KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK
U+309C
12444
゜
゜
Sk (Modifier Symbol)
ON (Other Neutrals)
N
0
Hiragana
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
゜












KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK is a non-letterlike modifier symbol from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK 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.

Modifier Symbol (Sk) refers to small characters that modify the meaning of other characters. These symbols are often used in phonetic notations, linguistic texts, and various other contexts to indicate alterations in sound or meaning.

This character belongs to the Hiragana block. The Hiragana block includes characters used in the Hiragana script, which is one of the two syllabaries used in the Japanese writing system (the other being Katakana). Hiragana is used primarily for native Japanese words, grammatical functions, and words that do not have a kanji representation. This block contains all 46 basic characters, along with a few diacritical marks that modify the sounds of these characters. Hiragana is integral to the Japanese language, used extensively in children’s books, learning materials, and everyday written Japanese..