U+1526 "ᔦ" Canadian Syllabics Ye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᔦ
U+1526 "ᔦ" Canadian Syllabics Ye is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllabic sound "ye" in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans, designed to transcribe the phonetic structure of these languages in a compact and readable form. Its shape, resembling a rotated or mirrored Latin "e" with a tail, is typical of the Eastern Cree and Ojibwe syllabary traditions, where the orientation of the symbol can indicate different vowel values. In digital text, this character ensures accurate representation and preservation of Indigenous linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1526 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Ye |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1526 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001526 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1526 |
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 |