U+15CF "ᗏ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ra Unicode Character

U+15CF "ᗏ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ra is a symbol used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound “ra” in the Carrier language. This character is part of a larger script developed primarily by missionary linguists in the 19th century to transcribe various Indigenous languages across Canada. The glyph itself consists of a distinctive angular shape, typical of the Carrier syllabary, which differs from the more common Cree and Ojibwe variants. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that the Carrier language’s unique orthography can be preserved and accurately displayed in digital text.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᗏ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᗏ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x97 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15CF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015CF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15cf

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