U+1425 "ᐥ" Canadian Syllabics Final Double Acute Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1425 "ᐥ" Canadian Syllabics Final Double Acute is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal syllabics writing system, specifically representing a final or standalone diacritic mark rather than a standalone vowel or consonant sound. It is typically positioned after a syllabic character to indicate a variant pronunciation or a lengthened, emphasized, or modified final syllable, often found in languages like Cree or Inuktitut where it modifies the preceding syllabic's timing or tone. Unlike syllabics that represent core syllables, this character serves as a phonetic modifier, contributing to the precise orthographic representation of spoken sounds in these Indigenous languages. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally support the rich linguistic heritage of Canadian Aboriginal communities.

General Properties

Code Point U+1425
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Final Double Acute
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᐥ
HTML Hex Encoding ᐥ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x90 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1425
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001425
C/C++/Java Escape \u1425

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