U+15A2 "ᖢ" Canadian Syllabics Lho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+15A2 "ᖢ" Canadian Syllabics Lho is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the Inuktitut and other Indigenous writing systems of Canada. This character is composed of the consonant sound "L" combined with the vowel "ho", forming the syllable "lho". It is part of a larger script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy among Indigenous communities, and it remains in use today for writing languages such as Inuktitut, Cree, and Ojibwe. The character appears as a distinctive curved shape, reflecting the geometric and angular design principles of the syllabary.
General Properties
Code Point
U+15A2
Name
Canadian Syllabics Lho
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᖢ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᖢ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x96 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding
0x15A2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000015A2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u15a2
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal