ZNAMENNY COMBINING MARK ZELO character

ZNAMENNY COMBINING MARK ZELO
U+1CF20
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Mn (Nonspacing Mark)
NSM (Nonspacing Mark)
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Znamenny Musical Notation
1
SMP
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
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ZNAMENNY COMBINING MARK ZELO is a nonspacing combining mark (zero advance width) from the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of ZNAMENNY COMBINING MARK ZELO 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 Znamenny Musical Notation block. The Znamenny Musical Notation block includes symbols used in the Znamenny chant, a liturgical chant tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. Znamenny notation uses a unique system of neumes (musical symbols) to guide singers through chant melodies. These neumes represent melodic contours and serve as an important cultural artifact, preserving a key part of the medieval Russian ecclesiastical musical tradition..