MENDE KIKAKUI COMBINING NUMBER TEN THOUSANDS character

MENDE KIKAKUI COMBINING NUMBER TEN THOUSANDS
U+1E8D4
125140
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
220
Mende Kikakui
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
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MENDE KIKAKUI COMBINING NUMBER TEN THOUSANDS is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of MENDE KIKAKUI COMBINING NUMBER TEN THOUSANDS 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 Mende Kikakui block. The Mende Kikakui block contains characters used in the Mende Kikakui script, which was used for writing the Mende language spoken in Sierra Leone. The script was developed in the 19th century by Mohammed Turay and quickly became a popular tool for literacy and communication in the region. The Mende Kikakui script is a syllabary, with each character representing a syllable in the Mende language. This block includes all the characters needed to write in Mende Kikakui, reflecting its importance in the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Mende people..