U+15CD "ᗍ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ree Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+15CD "ᗍ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ree is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable used in the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken in British Columbia, Canada. This character encodes the sound that corresponds to the romanized "ree" in Carrier orthography, where the syllabic system was developed by missionaries in the 19th century to write several Athabaskan languages. Unlike the more widely known Cree syllabics, the Carrier script has a distinct set of symbols, and this particular glyph features a vertical stroke with a small hook or curve, contributing to the unique visual system for preserving and promoting the Carrier linguistic heritage. The inclusion of U+15CD in the Unicode Standard allows for proper digital representation and use of this character in modern computing environments.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᗍ
HTML Hex Encoding ᗍ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x97 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x15CD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000015CD
C/C++/Java Escape \u15cd

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