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   September 2024
  - Unicode 15.0 update.




SOGDIAN LETTER LAMEDH character


Name:
SOGDIAN LETTER LAMEDH
Hex Number:
U+10F39
Decimal Number:
69433
HTML Entity (Dec):
𐼹
HTML Entity (Hex):
𐼹
Alternate Name:

Category:
Lo (Letter, Other)
Bidi Class:
AL (Right-to-Left Arabic)
Mirrored:
N
Combining Class:
0
Unicode Block:
Sogdian
Plane:
1
Plane Code:
SMP
Plane Description:
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
Plane Range:
10000-1FFFF
Character Preview:
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SOGDIAN LETTER LAMEDH is other letters, including syllables and ideographs from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

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

The Right-to-Left Arabic (AL) bidi class is similar to the Right-to-Left (R) class, but it specifically applies to Arabic script characters and characters from other scripts that behave similarly. This class is important for the correct handling of Arabic text in bidirectional contexts, ensuring that it aligns properly with the overall text direction.

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 Sogdian block. The Sogdian script was used by the Sogdian people during the 4th to 10th centuries CE and is closely related to Old Sogdian, evolving from earlier forms of the script. As one of the major scripts of Central Asia, it was used to write the Sogdian language, which was widely spoken along the Silk Road. Sogdian texts cover a wide range of subjects, including religious texts from Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism, as well as secular documents like letters, contracts, and trade records. The inclusion of the Sogdian script in Unicode is crucial for historians and linguists studying the cultural and economic exchanges that occurred along the Silk Road. By providing a way to digitally encode these texts, Unicode helps ensure the preservation of this historically significant script, contributing to our understanding of the ancient world and the connections between East and West..





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