U+18C4 "ᣄ" Canadian Syllabics Yay Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+18C4 "ᣄ" Canadian Syllabics Yay is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound "yay" in certain Indigenous languages like Inuktitut or Cree. It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was encoded in Unicode to support the diverse syllabic scripts developed for numerous First Nations languages across Canada. This character combines a geometric base with a diacritic, in this case a dot above, to modify the vowel sound of the syllable, following the systematic pattern of the script where consonant and vowel values are indicated through rotation and orientation of the symbol. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text and modern communication can accurately preserve and transmit these culturally significant writing systems.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᣄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᣄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0xA3 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x18C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000018C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u18c4 |
Unicode Properties