U+1592 "ᖒ" Canadian Syllabics Ngoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖒ
U+1592 "ᖒ" Canadian Syllabics Ngoo is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific phonetic syllable used primarily in the Inuktitut language. This character denotes the sound "ngoo," with the final "oo" indicating a long vowel, and it is constructed from the base syllabic form for "ng" combined with a small raised dot to mark the vowel quality. While Canadian Syllabics were originally devised by missionary James Evans for Cree and Ojibwe, the Ngoo character has been adapted for Inuktitut writing systems, helping to accurately transcribe the distinct phonology of that language. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and modern textual use across computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1592 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Ngoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1592 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001592 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1592 |
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 |