U+1430 "ᐰ" Canadian Syllabics Paai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1430 "ᐰ" Canadian Syllabics Paai is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the Inuktitut writing system to represent the syllable sound "paai" (with a long vowel). This character is part of a larger set of syllabic scripts developed by missionaries in the 19th century for Indigenous languages across Canada. Its distinctive appearance, combining a central vertical stem with triangular and angled marks, follows the geometric patterns typical of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, which are designed to be written with minimal strokes. The character is encoded for digital text to support the accurate representation and preservation of Inuktitut in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1430 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Paai |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1430 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001430 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1430 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Script Extensions | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |