TAGBANWA VOWEL SIGN U character

TAGBANWA VOWEL SIGN U
U+1773
6003
ᝳ
ᝳ
Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
0
Tagbanwa
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ᝳ












TAGBANWA VOWEL SIGN U is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of TAGBANWA VOWEL SIGN U 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 Tagbanwa block. The Tagbanwa block includes characters used in the Tagbanwa script, used by the Tagbanwa people of the Philippines. This script is an abugida, with each consonant representing a syllable that includes an inherent vowel sound. This block contains characters for consonants, vowels, and a few punctuation marks. The Tagbanwa script is one of the many indigenous scripts in the Philippines that were used before the arrival of the Spanish and the adoption of the Latin alphabet. Today, the script is still used in some traditional contexts and is part of the cultural heritage of the Tagbanwa people..