U+158B "ᖋ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ri Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+158B "ᖋ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ri is a specific character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, which was developed primarily for Indigenous languages such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. This particular character represents the syllable "ri" in the Western Cree dialect, serving as a distinct orthographic symbol for writing that language. Its presence in the Unicode Standard ensures that speakers and writers of West-Cree can type and display this character digitally across various platforms and devices, helping to preserve the use of the language in modern communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+158B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ri |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x158B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000158B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u158b |
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 |