U+15C1 "ᗁ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Hi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15C1 "ᗁ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Hi is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block used primarily to write the Sayisi dialect of Dene, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in parts of Canada. This specific syllabic represents a syllable that approximates the sound "hi" or a similar voiceless vowel onset. The character is part of a broader writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans and later adapted for various Indigenous languages. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and support digital communication for the Sayisi community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15C1 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Hi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15c1 |
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 |