U+15BF "ᖿ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot Ka Unicode Character

U+15BF "ᖿ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot Ka is a specific glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent a syllable in the Blackfoot language. This character corresponds to the sound "ka" and is part of a writing system developed to transcribe the phonetic structure of Blackfoot, an Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot Confederacy in parts of Canada and the United States. The symbol illustrates the distinctive syllabic design, where consonant and vowel sounds are combined into a single character, and it plays a crucial role in preserving and digitally encoding the language for modern use.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᖿ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᖿ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x96 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15BF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015BF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15bf

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