U+152E "ᔮ" Canadian Syllabics Yaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+152E "ᔮ" Canadian Syllabics Yaa is a single character representing the syllable "yaa" in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, which is specifically used for writing certain Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree and Inuktitut. Its shape consists of a left-pointing triangular form that is characteristic of syllabic writing systems, and it belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode. This character encodes a syllable rather than an individual letter, reflecting the syllabic nature of the script where each character represents a full consonant-vowel combination. The inclusion of U+152E in the Unicode Standard supports the digital preservation and modern communication of these historically significant Indigenous languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+152E
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Yaa
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᔮ
HTML Hex Encoding ᔮ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x94 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x152E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000152E
C/C++/Java Escape \u152e

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