REJANG VIRAMA character

REJANG VIRAMA
U+A953
43347
꥓
꥓
Mc (Spacing Combining Mark)
L (Left-to-Right)
N
9
Rejang
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
꥓












REJANG VIRAMA is a spacing combining mark (positive advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

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

The Left-to-Right (L) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from left to right. This includes most alphabetic characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and other scripts that are typically written in this direction. The presence of L characters in a text influences the overall text directionality in bidirectional contexts.

Spacing Mark (Mc) refers to marks that typically appear as separate characters in writing. Unlike nonspacing marks, spacing marks take up space in the text and may affect the placement of surrounding characters. They are often used in scripts like Devanagari to indicate vowel sounds.

This character belongs to the Rejang block. The Rejang block contains characters used in the Rejang script, which is used for writing the Rejang language spoken on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The script is an abugida, meaning each consonant carries an inherent vowel sound that can be altered with diacritics. The Rejang script was historically used for writing manuscripts on bamboo, particularly for rituals, poetry, and other traditional texts. This block includes characters for all the consonants, vowels, and diacritics used in Rejang, reflecting its significance in preserving the cultural heritage of the Rejang people..