U+18EB "ᣫ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shoo Unicode Character

U+18EB "ᣫ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Shoo is a script character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "shoo" in the Sayisi dialect of the Dene language, which is spoken by the Sayisi Dene First Nation in northern Manitoba, Canada. This character is part of a broader set of syllabic signs that were adapted from the original Cree syllabary to accommodate the distinctive phonological needs of Dene languages, including sounds not present in other Indigenous languages of the region. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitally support this endangered language, enabling accurate text representation and communication in modern technology.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣫ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣫ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18EB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018EB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18eb

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