U+15F2 "ᗲ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+15F2 "ᗲ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gee is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing a syllable in the Carrier language, where it denotes the sound "gee". This character is part of a script historically developed by missionaries and adapted by Indigenous communities across Canada to write various languages, including Carrier, which is spoken in British Columbia. Its design takes the form of a rotated or mirrored shape that reflects the syllabic nature of the script, where each character corresponds to a full syllable rather than a single consonant or vowel, aiding in the preservation and written documentation of the Carrier language.

General Properties

Code Point U+15F2
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gee
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᗲ
HTML Hex Encoding ᗲ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x97 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x15F2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000015F2
C/C++/Java Escape \u15f2

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