U+1582 "ᖂ" Canadian Syllabics Qoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖂ
U+1582 "ᖂ" Canadian Syllabics Qoo is a character from the unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the Inuktitut language to represent the syllabic sound "qoo," which is the labialized or rounded form of the velar stop series. This character is formed by rotating the standard Canadian Syllabics sign for "qi," reflecting the complex writing system invented by missionary James Evans to transcribe Indigenous languages. In modern typesetting, it supports the accurate orthography of Inuktitut, ensuring proper representation of dialectal variations and maintaining cultural continuity in digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1582 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Qoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1582 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001582 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1582 |
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 |