U+1585 "ᖅ" Canadian Syllabics Q Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖅ
U+1585 "ᖅ" Canadian Syllabics Q is a distinct glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound sequence "q" or a uvular consonant, often found at the end of syllables in languages like Inuktitut and Cree. It forms part of the larger unified Canadian Syllabics block, which was encoded in Unicode to support the diverse linguistic needs of Indigenous communities across northern Canada. This character visually stands out as a small, superscript-like symbol, typically attached to other syllabic characters to modify their pronunciation, and its inclusion in Unicode has been crucial for digital preservation and accurate representation of these languages in modern technology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1585 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Q |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1585 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001585 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1585 |
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 |