U+15D6 "ᗖ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Hwu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15D6 "ᗖ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Hwu is a glyph from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically part of the Carrier (Dakelh) writing system used for the Carrier language in British Columbia, Canada. It represents a distinct syllabic sound combining a consonant-like onset with the vowel "u," serving as a fundamental component in written Carrier orthography to accurately convey the language's phonetic structure. This character, like others in the syllabary, was developed to support the preservation and literacy of Indigenous languages and is encoded in Unicode to ensure consistent digital representation across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15D6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Hwu |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15D6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15d6 |
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 |