U+18BD "ᢽ" Canadian Syllabics Lay Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᢽ
U+18BD "ᢽ" Canadian Syllabics Lay is a character used in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly within the Cree or Inuktitut writing systems. This character is formed by the basic syllable for "La" combined with a dot placed to the right, which indicates a vowel change to the "ay" or "ei" sound, making it a distinct glyph for transcribing spoken syllables in these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and accurate representation of the diverse linguistic heritage of Canadian Aboriginal communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18BD |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Lay |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᢽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᢽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA2 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18BD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018BD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18bd |
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 |