U+18EF "ᣯ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gaa Unicode Character

U+18EF "ᣯ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gaa is a glyph within the unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the sound "gaa" in the Carrier language, an Athabaskan language spoken by the Dakelh people in central British Columbia, Canada. This character is part of the extended Carrier syllabary, which was adapted from the standard Canadian Syllabics script to accommodate the distinct phonetic requirements of the Carrier language. It is typically used in written texts, educational materials, and cultural documentation to preserve and transmit the Carrier language, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣯ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣯ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18EF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018EF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18ef

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