U+18F0 "ᣰ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gwa Unicode Character

U+18F0 "ᣰ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gwa is a character in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the writing system for the Carrier language, an Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. It represents a syllable typically pronounced "gwa" and is part of a script developed by missionaries and linguists to transcribe Indigenous languages in a unique syllabic form rather than using the Latin alphabet. This specific character contributes to the preservation of Carrier (Dakelh) orthography, allowing written communication and documentation of a language with historical oral traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18F0
Version Added	5.2
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Gwa
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣰ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣰ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18F0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018F0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18f0

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