U+1421 "ᐡ" Canadian Syllabics Final Bottom Half Ring Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1421 "ᐡ" Canadian Syllabics Final Bottom Half Ring is a diacritic-like glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, primarily to modify a preceding syllabic character by indicating a final consonant sound or a specific phonetic variation, often appearing at the end of a syllable block to alter its pronunciation. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was encoded to support the diverse Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut, where it serves as a final mark that typically represents a short or reduced vowel quality or a consonant without a following vowel. Its distinctive shape resembles a bottom half ring or a small open curve, positioned below the baseline of the syllabic chart, and it is visually distinct from other final markers like the top half ring or dot, allowing for precise representation of speech sounds in written forms of these languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᐡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᐡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x90 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x1421 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00001421 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u1421 |
Unicode Properties