U+18B1 "ᢱ" Canadian Syllabics Ay Unicode Character

U+18B1 "ᢱ" Canadian Syllabics Ay is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic character used in certain Indigenous writing systems of Canada. This character denotes the sound "ay" and belongs to the western Cree syllabary, which was developed in the 19th century for writing languages such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent digital representation and preservation of these Indigenous languages, allowing for their use in modern computing environments. The character appears as a distinctive glyph shaped like a rotated or mirrored letter, reflecting the geometric and modular design principles of the syllabic script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18B1
Version Added	5.2
Name	Canadian Syllabics Ay
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᢱ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᢱ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA2 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18B1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018B1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18b1

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