U+1593 "ᖓ" Canadian Syllabics Nga Unicode Character

U+1593 "ᖓ" Canadian Syllabics Nga is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound "nga." This script was originally developed for the Cree and Ojibwe languages and later adapted for other Indigenous languages in Canada, such as Inuktitut. The character is formed by combining a rotated version of the "ga" series with a small right-facing dot, a diacritic that marks the vowel "a" in many syllabary traditions. As part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, "ᖓ" plays a vital role in preserving and digitally representing the linguistic heritage of numerous First Nations communities.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1593
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Nga
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᖓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᖓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x96 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1593
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001593
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1593

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