U+18BE "ᢾ" Canadian Syllabics Soy Unicode Character

U+18BE "ᢾ" Canadian Syllabics Soy is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "soy" used in writing certain Algonquian languages, such as Cree and Ojibwe, within the Canadian Aboriginal syllabary system. This script was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe Indigenous languages, and the character itself is composed of a rotated V-shaped form with a distinct dot or mark, indicating its specific phonetic value. It remains a part of ongoing efforts to preserve and digitally support Indigenous writing systems, ensuring accessibility in modern text encoding environments.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᢾ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᢾ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA2 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18BE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018BE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18be

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