U+152B "ᔫ" Canadian Syllabics Yoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+152B "ᔫ" Canadian Syllabics Yoo is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the Cree language and other related indigenous languages of Canada. It denotes the phonetic sound "yoo," formed by combining the initial consonant "y" with the vowel "oo." This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans, which adapted Latin and Devanagari script forms to create a unique syllabary used for languages like Inuktitut and Ojibwe. The "ᔫ" character is used primarily in the western Cree dialect and is encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve and facilitate digital communication of indigenous languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+152B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Yoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x152B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000152B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u152b |
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 |