U+153F "ᔿ" Canadian Syllabics Bible-Cree Y Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+153F "ᔿ" Canadian Syllabics Bible-Cree Y is a character within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic form used in the Cree language as transcribed for Bible printing. This character corresponds to the consonant sound "y" and is part of a variant orthography employed in religious texts to accurately represent Cree phonetics. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can preserve the distinct linguistic and cultural heritage of the Cree peoples, particularly in historical and religious documents where this specific syllable appears.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+153F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Bible-Cree Y |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x153F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000153F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u153f |
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 |