U+1580 "ᖀ" Canadian Syllabics Qii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖀ
U+1580 "ᖀ" Canadian Syllabics Qii is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "qii" in languages such as Inuktitut. This script was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for indigenous languages of Canada, and the character consists of a rounded triangular shape oriented to the left with a small dot or mark above it, indicating the presence of a long vowel sound. The Canadian Syllabics block in Unicode, which includes U+1580, supports the preservation and digital representation of these languages, ensuring that the character can be typed, displayed, and transmitted in modern text processing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1580 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Qii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1580 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001580 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1580 |
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 |