The correct term for this in Unicodese is grapheme base.

Note that characters which are respectively considered diacritic, non-spacing combining mark, and grapheme extend characters are all slightly different. It would take a Venn diagram to show the overlap, though.

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The correct term for this in Unicodese is grapheme base.

Note that characters which are respectively considered diacritic, non-spacing combining mark, and grapheme extend characters are all slightly different. It would take a Venn diagram to show the overlap, though.

See this question, its answers, and the standards documents referenced therein.

The correct term for this in Unicodese is grapheme base.

Note that diacritic, non-spacing combing mark, and grapheme extender are all slightly different.

See this question, its answers, and the standards documents referenced therein.

The correct term for this in Unicodese is grapheme base.

Note that characters which are respectively considered diacritic, non-spacing combining mark, and grapheme extend characters are all slightly different. It would take a Venn diagram to show the overlap, though.

See this question, its answers, and the standards documents referenced therein.