U+15C3 "ᗃ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15C3 "ᗃ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ha is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable used in the Sayisi dialect of the Dene language, which is part of the Athabaskan language family spoken in parts of Canada. This character is composed of a distinct shape that combines a vertical stem with a rightward curved hook, and it functions as a phonetic symbol for the sound "ha" in written Dene. It is one of many syllabic characters developed by missionaries and linguists to preserve and standardize indigenous writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15C3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ha |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15C3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015C3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15c3 |
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 |