U+15D3 "ᗓ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Wee Unicode Character

U+15D3 "ᗓ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Wee is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in the Carrier language, an indigenous language spoken primarily in central British Columbia, Canada. Its letter name "Wee" indicates that it denotes a syllable starting with the glide consonant "w" followed by a long "e" sound, analogous to the English word "we". This character is part of a larger writing system developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe various First Nations languages, and it holds cultural and linguistic significance for the Carrier people as a tool for preserving and transmitting their oral traditions and identity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+15D3
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Wee
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᗓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᗓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x97 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15D3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15d3

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