U+1545 "ᕅ" Canadian Syllabics Raai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕅ
U+1545 "ᕅ" Canadian Syllabics Raai is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllabic sound "raai" in languages such as Inuktitut. Its glyph resembles a short horizontal line with a small loop or hook attached to the left side, distinguishing it from other related syllabic characters. This script was historically developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to facilitate literacy in Indigenous languages across Canada, and the character "ᕅ" remains an essential component for accurately transcribing words containing the "raai" syllable in contemporary written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1545 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Raai |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1545 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001545 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1545 |
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 |