U+142A "ᐪ" Canadian Syllabics Final down Tack Unicode Character

U+142A "ᐪ" Canadian Syllabics Final down Tack is a mark used within the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, primarily for languages like Cree and Inuktitut. It serves as a final or terminal sign, indicating a specific phonetic value or grammatical ending, often associated with a lowered or falling tone or the conclusion of a syllable. This character is part of a larger set of final syllabic symbols that modify the pronunciation of preceding vowel or consonant sounds, and it is encoded in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of the Unicode standard to support digital text representation for Indigenous languages of Canada.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142A
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Final down Tack
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᐪ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᐪ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x90 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x142A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000142A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u142a

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