TAMIL VOWEL SIGN II character

TAMIL VOWEL SIGN II
U+0BC0
3008
ீ
ீ
Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
0
Tamil
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
ீ












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

The bidi class of TAMIL VOWEL SIGN II 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 Tamil block. The Tamil block contains characters used in the Tamil script, which is used for writing the Tamil language, one of the oldest and most widely spoken Dravidian languages. The Tamil script is an abugida, where consonants are written with an inherent vowel sound that can be altered with diacritical marks. This block includes characters for vowels, consonants, and numerals, along with diacritics and punctuation marks. Tamil has a rich literary tradition that dates back over two thousand years, and its script is used in a variety of contexts, from classical literature to modern technology..