U+18B5 "ᢵ" Canadian Syllabics Pay Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᢵ
U+18B5 "ᢵ" Canadian Syllabics Pay is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used to represent the syllabic sound "pay" in various Indigenous Canadian languages, most notably Inuktitut and Cree. It is part of a writing system that was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe the languages of Indigenous peoples in Canada, using a combination of geometric shapes rotated or modified to denote different vowel values. This particular character, formed by a single straight line with a small hook at the top, serves as a crucial component for accurate written communication in these languages, helping to preserve and promote linguistic heritage in modern digital contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18B5 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Pay |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᢵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᢵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA2 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18b5 |
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 |