U+15B1 "ᖱ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot I Unicode Character

U+15B1 "ᖱ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot I is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllabic value for the vowel "i" in the Blackfoot language. It is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans and later adapted for the Blackfoot people, who are indigenous to the Great Plains of North America. This character is used in written Blackfoot to transcribe sounds that may differ from English, and it plays a role in preserving and revitalizing the language through modern digital text encoding and typography.

General Properties

Code Point	U+15B1
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot I
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᖱ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᖱ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x96 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15B1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015B1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15b1

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