U+1432 "ᐲ" Canadian Syllabics Pii Unicode Character

U+1432 "ᐲ" Canadian Syllabics Pii is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the Cree and Ojibwe writing systems to represent the syllable sound "pii" or "pî," with the long vowel indicated by the top bar. It forms part of a larger syllabary developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century, which was adapted to write several Indigenous languages across Canada. This character is distinct from other syllabic signs due its specific combination of a central vertical line with a horizontal bar above, encoding a phonetic value essential for accurate transcription and preservation of these languages in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1432
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Pii
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᐲ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᐲ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x90 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1432
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001432
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1432

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