U+157F "ᕿ" Canadian Syllabics Qi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕿ
U+157F "ᕿ" Canadian Syllabics Qi is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, primarily to represent the sound "qi" in languages such as Inuktitut and Cree. This script was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans and adapted for various Indigenous languages across Canada. The character itself visually consists of a triangular shape with a horizontal bar, reflecting the geometric, consonant-centric design of the syllabary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation and preservation of these languages, supporting cultural and linguistic heritage in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+157F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Qi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x157F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000157F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u157f |
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 |