THAI CHARACTER SARA I character

THAI CHARACTER SARA I
U+0E34
3636
ิ
ิ
THAI VOWEL SIGN SARA I
Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
N
0
Thai
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
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THAI CHARACTER SARA I is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of THAI CHARACTER SARA I 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 Thai block. The Thai block contains characters used in the Thai script, which is used for writing the Thai language and several minority languages in Thailand. The Thai script is an abugida, but it differs from others in that it has a more complex set of vowel signs that can appear before, after, above, or below a consonant. This block includes vowels, consonants, numerals, and various diacritical marks that indicate tones, which are crucial in Thai as it is a tonal language. The script has a long history, with roots in the Old Khmer script, and is essential for all forms of written communication in Thailand..