KHMER SIGN LEK TOO character

KHMER SIGN LEK TOO
U+17D7
6103
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Lm (Modifier Letter)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
0
Khmer
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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KHMER SIGN LEK TOO is a modifier letter from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of KHMER SIGN LEK TOO 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.

Modifier Letter (Lm) refers to characters that are small, typically superscript or subscript, letters used to modify the meaning of another character. These are not full letters in themselves but serve to modify other characters in linguistic or phonetic contexts.

This character belongs to the Khmer block. The Khmer block contains characters used in the Khmer script, which is used for writing the Khmer language, the official language of Cambodia, as well as several minority languages. The Khmer script is an abugida, with each consonant representing a syllable that includes an inherent vowel sound. This block includes characters for consonants, vowels, numerals, and a range of diacritical marks. The Khmer script has a long history, dating back to the 7th century, and it is essential for the rich literary and cultural traditions of Cambodia, including the famous inscriptions at Angkor Wat..