U+15C8 "ᗈ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ghi Unicode Character

U+15C8 "ᗈ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ghi is a glyph from the unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a sound in the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character is used in the Carrier syllabary to denote a phonetic value akin to a velar fricative or a voiced velar sound, depending on the specific dialectal context. It is part of a writing system developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe various First Nations languages, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the written form of Carrier, ensuring that this cultural and linguistic heritage can be used in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+15C8
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ghi
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᗈ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᗈ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x97 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15C8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15c8

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