U+153B "ᔻ" Canadian Syllabics Ywaa Unicode Character

U+153B "ᔻ" Canadian Syllabics Ywaa is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily in the writing systems of several Indigenous languages in Canada, such as Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibwe. This specific glyph represents the syllable "ywaa" in the standard Canadian Aboriginal syllabary, which was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy in these languages. The character's curved and angular forms reflect the geometric structure of the script, which combines consonant and vowel sounds into a single symbol, making it a distinctive component of Canada's linguistic heritage and a vital tool for preserving and transmitting Indigenous oral traditions in written form.

General Properties

Code Point	U+153B
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Ywaa
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᔻ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᔻ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x94 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x153B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000153B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u153b

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