U+158F "ᖏ" Canadian Syllabics Ngi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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Source: Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal Source: Browser Default

U+158F "ᖏ" Canadian Syllabics Ngi is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily in the Inuktitut language to represent the sound "ngi." This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for Indigenous languages in Canada, and it follows a syllabic structure where the shape of the symbol indicates the consonant while its orientation or rotation denotes the following vowel. In Inuktitut, U+158F appears in various linguistic contexts, including proper nouns and everyday vocabulary, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for speakers and learners of the language.

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Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ᖏ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᖏ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x96 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding
0x158F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000158F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u158f