U+18DA "ᣚ" Canadian Syllabics Ojibway S Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᣚ
U+18DA "ᣚ" Canadian Syllabics Ojibway S is a symbol used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound of the letter "S" in the Ojibway language. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was designed to support the various indigenous languages of Canada that use this script. It appears as a distinctive shape that resembles a mirrored or rotated version of the Latin letter "S", and its inclusion in the standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent and preserve the written form of Ojibway, a language spoken by many First Nations communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18DA |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Ojibway S |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᣚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᣚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA3 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18DA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018DA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18da |
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 |