MANICHAEAN ABBREVIATION MARK ABOVE character

MANICHAEAN ABBREVIATION MARK ABOVE
U+10AE5
68325
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
230
Manichaean
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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MANICHAEAN ABBREVIATION MARK ABOVE is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of MANICHAEAN ABBREVIATION MARK ABOVE is Nonspacing Mark (Weak). It belongs to the non-spacing marks, which take on the directionality of the characters to which they attach..

The Nonspacing Mark (NSM) bidi class is assigned to diacritical marks that do not occupy their own space but modify the preceding base character. NSMs are neutral in directionality but inherit the directionality of the base character they are attached to. They are essential for the accurate representation of characters with diacritics in bidirectional text.

Nonspacing Mark (Mn) refers to diacritical marks that do not occupy their own space but instead combine with a preceding base character to modify its sound or meaning. Nonspacing marks are essential in many scripts, including Latin, Arabic, and Devanagari, for accurate representation of text.

This character belongs to the Manichaean block. The Manichaean block contains characters used in the Manichaean script, which was used to write the Manichaean texts of the Manichaeism religion, founded by the prophet Mani in the 3rd century CE. The script was used across a vast area from the Mediterranean to China, particularly for religious texts. This block includes characters for consonants, vowels, and punctuation marks, reflecting the historical significance of Manichaean texts and the spread of this once-prominent religion..