U+158C "ᖌ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ro Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖌ
U+158C "ᖌ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ro is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound in the West-Cree writing system. In standard usage within Western Cree dialects, this character denotes the consonant sound "r" combined with the vowel "o," forming the syllable "ro." It is part of the broader Canadian Aboriginal syllabary developed for Indigenous languages in Canada, notably Cree, and is distinct from other related characters like "ᖋ" (ri) through its vowel indication. This character remains essential for accurately representing West-Cree orthography in digital text, supporting the preservation and written communication of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+158C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ro |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x158C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000158C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u158c |
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 |