MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER TSA character

MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER TSA
U+11CA2
72866
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
0
Marchen
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER TSA is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER TSA 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 Marchen block. The Marchen block contains characters used in the Marchen script, which is used for writing the Tibetan-based language Zhang-Zhung, spoken historically in western Tibet. The script is an abugida, with each consonant carrying an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritics. The Marchen script was used primarily for religious texts associated with the Bon religion, which predates the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. This block includes all the characters needed to write in Marchen, reflecting its historical and religious significance..