U+15C2 "ᗂ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ho Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+15C2 "ᗂ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ho is a consonant sound symbol from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, used primarily to represent a specific phonetic value in the Sayisi dialect of the Dene or Athabaskan language family, particularly associated with the Dene Suline (Chipewyan) language spoken in northern Canada. This character is part of a standardized writing system developed by missionaries and linguists in the 19th century to transcribe various Indigenous languages, and it visually resembles a rotated or flipped "C" shape with a small horizontal bar through its stem. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for linguistic documentation, education, and communication in communities that use this syllabary.

General Properties

Code Point U+15C2
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ho
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᗂ
HTML Hex Encoding ᗂ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x97 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0x15C2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000015C2
C/C++/Java Escape \u15c2

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