U+18C3 "ᣃ" Canadian Syllabics Yoy Unicode Character

U+18C3 "ᣃ" Canadian Syllabics Yoy is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the Inuktitut writing system of the Canadian Arctic. This specific character represents the syllable sound "yoy" and is typically utilized in the writing of the Inuktitut language, where it forms part of a larger syllabary invented for Indigenous languages in Canada. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize these languages, enabling electronic text creation and communication for speaker communities.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18C3
Version Added	5.2
Name	Canadian Syllabics Yoy
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣃ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣃ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18C3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018C3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18c3

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