U+15FA "ᗺ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Kha Unicode Character

U+15FA "ᗺ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Kha is a character from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the writing system for the Carrier language, also known as Dakelh, spoken in British Columbia, Canada. This character represents the consonant sound "kha," which is a voiceless aspirated velar plosive, similar to the "k" in English "kite" but with a strong puff of air. The syllable system, developed by missionary and linguist Adrien-Gabriel Morice in the late 19th century, adapts the Cree syllabary to represent Carrier phonetics, and U+15FA is part of that adaptation for writing the language, which remains important for cultural preservation and revitalization efforts among Carrier communities.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᗺ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᗺ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x97 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15FA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015FA
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15fa

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