U+1598 "ᖘ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1598 "ᖘ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shi is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable used in the Sayisi dialect of the Dene language, a group of Athabaskan languages spoken in parts of Canada. This glyph is part of a writing system developed for Indigenous languages in Canada, and "ᖘ" denotes a sound that typically combines an initial consonant with a vowel, contributing to the phonetic representation of spoken words in the Sayisi community. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the linguistic heritage of the Dene peoples, enabling accurate text rendering and communication in modern technology.

General Properties

Code Point U+1598
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shi
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᖘ
HTML Hex Encoding ᖘ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x96 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1598
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001598
C/C++/Java Escape \u1598

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