U+1578 "ᕸ" Canadian Syllabics Nunavik Hoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕸ
U+1578 "ᕸ" Canadian Syllabics Nunavik Hoo is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily in the Inuktitut language of the Nunavik region in northern Quebec. It represents a syllabic sound, specifically a combination of the consonant "h" with the vowel "oo," and is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionaries to transcribe Indigenous languages. This character supports the orthography of Canadian Aboriginal languages, helping to preserve and standardize written communication in communities where it is actively used today.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1578 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Nunavik Hoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1578 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001578 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1578 |
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 |