U+1513 "ᔓ" Canadian Syllabics Sho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1513 "ᔓ" Canadian Syllabics Sho is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, specifically representing the sound "sho" in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree and Inuktitut. This syllabic block is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy among First Nations and Inuit communities. The character is composed of a triangular shape oriented with its apex pointing left, and it is encoded in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of the Unicode Standard, ensuring its digital preservation and use in modern technology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1513 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Sho |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1513 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001513 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1513 |
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 |