U+18DF "ᣟ" Canadian Syllabics Final Raised Dot Unicode Character

U+18DF "ᣟ" Canadian Syllabics Final Raised Dot is a diacritic mark used in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically designed to modify the pronunciation of a preceding syllabic character. It appears as a small dot raised above the baseline, typically placed after a syllabic to indicate a specific phonetic variation, such as a change in vowel quality or to denote a syllable-final consonant in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, including Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. This character is distinct from simple punctuation, serving instead as an integral part of the writing system to ensure accurate representation of speech sounds within these orthographies.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣟ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣟ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18DF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018DF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18df

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