U+1581 "ᖁ" Canadian Syllabics Qo Unicode Character

U+1581 "ᖁ" Canadian Syllabics Qo is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, representing the syllable "qo" as pronounced in languages such as Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibwe. This character features a distinctive geometric shape, consisting of a left-pointing chevron or arrow-like form, which is characteristic of the syllabic script's visual system where orientation and rotation indicate different vowel values attached to consonant sounds. It is encoded in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of the Unicode standard, enabling digital representation and text processing for Indigenous languages of Canada, thereby supporting language preservation and communication in modern technology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1581
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Qo
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᖁ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᖁ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x96 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1581
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001581
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1581

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