U+18BB "ᢻ" Canadian Syllabics Noy Unicode Character

U+18BB "ᢻ" Canadian Syllabics Noy is a single phonemic symbol within the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, specifically part of the sub-set used for writing the Cree and Ojibwe languages. This character represents the syllable sound "noy" and follows the distinctive geometric design of the syllabary system developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century. As a logographic element, it combines a base consonant shape for "n" with a rotated orientation or diacritic to indicate the vowel "oy". The character is encoded in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of the Unicode Standard, ensuring its digital preservation for Indigenous language communities.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᢻ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᢻ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA2 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18BB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018BB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18bb

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