U+18EC "ᣬ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Hoo Unicode Character

U+18EC "ᣬ" Canadian Syllabics Sayisi Hoo is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the Sayisi dialect of the Dene language, a variant of the Athabaskan language family spoken in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This character represents a syllabic unit with the sound value "hoo," and its design follows the geometric structure typical of Canadian Aboriginal syllabaries, which were originally developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century. The inclusion of this character in Unicode supports the digital preservation and accurate representation of the Sayisi dialect, aiding in language revitalization efforts among Indigenous communities.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣬ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣬ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18EC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018EC
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18ec

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