U+18D6 "ᣖ" Canadian Syllabics Ojibway K Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+18D6 "ᣖ" Canadian Syllabics Ojibway K is a letter within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific sound in the Ojibway language, which is part of the larger Algonquian language family spoken by Indigenous communities across North America. This character is used in the Ojibway syllabary, a writing system developed by missionaries and adapted by speakers for literacy, where it denotes the consonant sound "k" without a specific vowel attached, functioning as a final or standalone consonant in certain orthographic contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately preserve and transmit this linguistic element, supporting efforts to maintain and revitalize Indigenous languages in modern communication technologies.

General Properties

Code Point U+18D6
Version Added 5.2
Name Canadian Syllabics Ojibway K
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᣖ
HTML Hex Encoding ᣖ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA3 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x18D6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000018D6
C/C++/Java Escape \u18d6

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