U+15B3 "ᖳ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+15B3 "ᖳ" Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot A is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was added to the Unicode standard to support the writing systems of various Indigenous languages in Canada. This specific character represents the syllable "a" in the Blackfoot language, a distinct Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot people in parts of Alberta, Canada, and Montana, United States. The syllabic glyph resembles a downward-pointing arrowhead-like shape, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally enable the Blackfoot writing system, facilitating literacy, education, and cultural documentation for the Blackfoot community.
General Properties
Code Point
U+15B3
Name
Canadian Syllabics Blackfoot A
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᖳ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᖳ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x96 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x15B3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000015B3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u15b3
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal