U+158A "ᖊ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Re Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖊ
U+158A "ᖊ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Re is a glyph belonging to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent the syllable "re" in the Western Cree writing system, specifically within the West-Cree orthography. This character is part of a larger script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for Indigenous languages across Canada, where it serves as a phonetic unit in the Inuktitut and Cree syllabaries. In its specific context, "ᖊ" enables the accurate transcription of the retroflex or voiced rhotic sound combined with a vowel, supporting the preservation and written communication of the Western Cree language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+158A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Re |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x158A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000158A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u158a |
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 |