U+1615 "ᘕ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ju Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1615 "ᘕ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ju is a logographic or syllabic glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, a writing system developed originally for Cree and Ojibwe languages and later adapted for numerous Indigenous languages across Canada, including Sayisi Dene (also known as Chipewyan). This specific character represents a syllable sound, typically a combination of a consonant and vowel, within the Sayisi Dene orthography, where it corresponds to a variant of the "ju" syllable. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and interoperability for writing systems of the Dene (Athabaskan) language family, supporting cultural and linguistic revitalization efforts by enabling accurate text representation, typing, and display in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1615
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Ju
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᘕ
HTML Hex Encoding ᘕ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x98 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1615
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001615
C/C++/Java Escape \u1615

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