U+1542 "ᕂ" Canadian Syllabics Re Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕂ
U+1542 "ᕂ" Canadian Syllabics Re is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily in the Inuktitut writing system to represent the syllabic sound "re." This character is part of a larger script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for Indigenous languages across Canada, and it appears in a cursive, looping form that distinguishes it from similar syllabics. In modern usage, it helps preserve and facilitate written communication for Inuktitut speakers, particularly in the Canadian Arctic, where it is used in official documents, educational materials, and cultural texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1542 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Re |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1542 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001542 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1542 |
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 |