PHAISTOS DISC SIGN COMBINING OBLIQUE STROKE character

PHAISTOS DISC SIGN COMBINING OBLIQUE STROKE
U+101FD
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
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Phaistos Disc
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
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PHAISTOS DISC SIGN COMBINING OBLIQUE STROKE is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of PHAISTOS DISC SIGN COMBINING OBLIQUE STROKE 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 Phaistos Disc block. The Phaistos Disc block contains characters that represent the symbols found on the Phaistos Disc, an ancient artifact discovered in Crete and dating back to the second millennium BCE. The disc features a unique set of symbols arranged in a spiral pattern, whose meaning remains a mystery. This block allows for the accurate digital representation of the disc’s symbols, which are of significant interest to archaeologists, linguists, and historians..