U+1404 "ᐄ" Canadian Syllabics Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1404 "ᐄ" Canadian Syllabics Ii is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a distinct syllabic sound used primarily in Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree and Inuktitut. This character denotes the long vowel sound "ii" as spoken in these writing systems, derived from the standardized script developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century. As part of a complex and culturally significant orthography, U+1404 plays a role in preserving and transmitting the phonetic and grammatical structures of various First Nations and Inuit languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1404 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Ii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1404 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001404 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1404 |
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 |