U+1557 "ᕗ" Canadian Syllabics Fo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕗ
U+1557 "ᕗ" Canadian Syllabics Fo is a glyph in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "fo" in the Inuktitut writing system, which is used for several Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly Inuktitut and Cree. Its shape consists of a left-leaning triangular form with a small attached line, typical of syllabic scripts designed to be written with a limited set of characters. This character plays a functional role in transcribing the phonetic sounds of these languages, helping to preserve and communicate their oral traditions in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1557 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Fo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1557 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001557 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1557 |
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 |