U+15FF "ᗿ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Kki Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+15FF "ᗿ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Kki is a specific glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, designed to represent a distinct syllable in the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken primarily in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character falls under the broader category of indigenous writing systems used for Dene languages and is composed of a rotated or modified form of the syllabic character for "Ki," signaling a unique phonetic value that differs from other similar characters in the script. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally render the Carrier language, supporting cultural heritage and communication among speakers and linguists.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15FF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Kki |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15FF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015FF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15ff |
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 |