U+155A "ᕚ" Canadian Syllabics Faa Unicode Character

U+155A "ᕚ" Canadian Syllabics Faa is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in the writing systems of several Indigenous languages in Canada, such as Inuktitut and Cree. This character denotes the syllable "faa," and its shape is derived from the traditional syllabic script developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to facilitate literacy among Indigenous communities. The character is encoded in Unicode to support digital preservation and accurate representation of these languages in modern computing environments, ensuring that texts and communications can be reliably rendered and shared across different platforms and devices.

General Properties

Code Point	U+155A
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Faa
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᕚ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᕚ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x95 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x155A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000155A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u155a

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