U+15DE "ᗞ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier The Unicode Character

U+15DE "ᗞ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier The is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "the" in the Carrier language, also known as Dakelh, spoken by the Carrier people of central British Columbia, Canada. This character belongs to a writing system developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe various Indigenous languages, adapting the Latin alphabet and Cree syllabics into a unique script. In digital contexts, U+15DE is used to preserve and transmit the Carrier language in text, though its usage is limited due to the language's endangered status and the character's absence from standard fonts.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᗞ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᗞ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x97 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15DE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015DE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15de

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