U+15C4 "ᗄ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ghu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+15C4 "ᗄ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ghu is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block and represents a specific syllable in the Carrier language, one of the Athabaskan languages spoken by the Dakelh people in British Columbia, Canada. This character corresponds to the phonetic value /ɣu/, where the symbol combines a consonant-like sound (the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/) with the vowel /u/. Its design follows the logoconsistent syllabic writing system developed for Indigenous languages, where the orientation and shape of a base form indicate different vowel qualities. Despite being digitally encoded, its usage is largely specialized, appearing in historical and linguistic documentation as well as in some modern digital texts aiming to preserve and revitalize the Carrier language.

General Properties

Code Point U+15C4
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ghu
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᗄ
HTML Hex Encoding ᗄ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x97 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0x15C4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000015C4
C/C++/Java Escape \u15c4

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