U+1485 "ᒅ" Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Keh Unicode Character

U+1485 "ᒅ" Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Keh is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing a syllable in the South Slavey language, which is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada's Northwest Territories. This character encodes the sound value "keh" and forms part of a script historically adapted by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages, enabling literacy and cultural preservation. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text, archival materials, and modern communication can accurately represent the distinct phonetic and orthographic traditions of the South Slavey community.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1485
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Keh
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᒅ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᒅ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x92 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1485
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001485
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1485

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