U+15D5 "ᗕ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15D5 "ᗕ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Wa is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system to represent the sound "wa" in the Carrier language, which is spoken by the Dakelh people in central British Columbia, Canada. This character forms part of a larger syllabary that was adapted for indigenous languages in Canada, and it is specifically used in the Carrier script's Western variant, where each syllabic block denotes a consonant vowel combination. Its distinctive shape, resembling a stylized angle or arrow, aids in phonetic transcription and helps preserve the linguistic heritage of the Carrier community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15D5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Wa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15d5 |
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 |