U+157C "ᕼ" Canadian Syllabics Nunavut H Unicode Character

U+157C "ᕼ" Canadian Syllabics Nunavut H is a specific letter in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, used primarily in the Inuktitut language within the territory of Nunavut. This character represents the consonant sound "h," and its unique shape is part of a syllabary system designed to visually represent syllabic structures rather than individual letters, helping to preserve and promote Indigenous languages in Canada.

General Properties

Code Point	U+157C
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Nunavut H
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᕼ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᕼ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x95 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x157C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000157C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u157c

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