U+15A0 "ᖠ" Canadian Syllabics Lhi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖠ
U+15A0 "ᖠ" Canadian Syllabics Lhi is a character in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a distinct syllabic unit in languages like Inuktitut and Cree. It corresponds to the sound "lhi," a combination of the consonant "l" with the vowel "i," and is formed by adding a specific diacritic mark to the base syllabic form. This character is part of a standardized writing system developed in the 19th century for Indigenous languages in Canada, enabling accurate representation of their phonology in digital text. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that users can type, display, and exchange this symbol across different platforms and devices, supporting the preservation and modern use of these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15A0 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Lhi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15A0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015A0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15a0 |
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 |