PALMYRENE LETTER SAMEKH character

PALMYRENE LETTER SAMEKH
U+1086F
67695
𐡯
𐡯
Lo (Letter, Other)
R (Right-to-Left)
N
0
Palmyrene
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
10000-1FFFF
𐡯












PALMYRENE LETTER SAMEKH is other letters, including syllables and ideographs from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of PALMYRENE LETTER SAMEKH is Right-to-Left (Strong). It belongs to the strong right-to-left characters..

The Right-to-Left (R) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from right to left. This class includes most alphabetic characters from scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Thaana. The R characters determine the directionality of text segments and are crucial in the processing of bidirectional text.

Other Letter (Lo) refers to letters that do not fit into the uppercase, lowercase, titlecase, or modifier letter categories. These include letters from scripts that do not have case distinction, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, and others. This category is also used for syllabic and ideographic characters that function as letters.

This character belongs to the Palmyrene block. The Palmyrene block contains characters used in the Palmyrene script, which was used to write the Aramaic language in the ancient city of Palmyra (modern-day Syria) from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. The script is an abjad, with letters representing consonants, and it was used primarily for monumental inscriptions and official documents. The Palmyrene script is closely related to other Aramaic scripts and provides important insights into the cultural and linguistic history of the ancient Near East. This block includes all the characters needed to write in Palmyrene, reflecting its significance in the study of ancient Semitic scripts..