U+15A6 "ᖦ" Canadian Syllabics Lh Unicode Character

U+15A6 "ᖦ" Canadian Syllabics Lh is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a single distinct consonant sound used in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Inuktitut. This character specifically denotes a voiceless lateral fricative sound, which is a common phoneme in these languages and is often romanized as "lh." It forms part of the writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for Cree and later adapted for Inuktitut and other languages, playing a crucial role in preserving and transmitting indigenous linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+15A6
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Lh
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᖦ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᖦ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x96 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15A6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015A6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15a6

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