U+159A "ᖚ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Sha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖚ
U+159A "ᖚ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Sha is a letter from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, specifically representing the consonant sound "sha" in the Sayisi dialect of the Dene language, which is spoken by the Sayisi Dene First Nation in northern Manitoba, Canada. Its design derives from the script's geometric and rotational structure, where a right-facing triangular form with a distinct dot or line placement indicates the specific syllable and vowel quality. This character is part of a broader writing system developed in the 19th century for Indigenous languages, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the linguistic heritage of the Dene people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+159A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Sha |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x159A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000159A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u159a |
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 |