U+15B3 "ᖳ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot A Unicode Character

U+15B3 "ᖳ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot A is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was added to the Unicode standard to support the writing systems of various Indigenous languages in Canada. This specific character represents the syllable "a" in the Blackfoot language, a distinct Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot people in parts of Alberta, Canada, and Montana, United States. The syllabic glyph resembles a downward-pointing arrowhead-like shape, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally enable the Blackfoot writing system, facilitating literacy, education, and cultural documentation for the Blackfoot community.

General Properties

Code Point	U+15B3
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot A
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᖳ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᖳ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x96 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15B3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015B3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15b3

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