U+15EF "ᗯ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15EF "ᗯ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gu is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the writing system for the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken primarily in British Columbia, Canada. This character specifically represents a syllable with the sound "gu" in the Carrier orthography, making it a functional component of that writing system rather than just a decorative symbol. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and use of this endangered language, enabling modern communication, education, and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15EF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gu |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15EF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15ef |
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 |