U+144F "ᑏ" Canadian Syllabics Tii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+144F "ᑏ" Canadian Syllabics Tii is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, representing the sound "tii" as part of the Inuktitut and Cree languages. It is derived from the syllabic character for "ti" with a final dot or diacritic indicating a long vowel, specifically the "ii" vowel length. This character is encoded in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of the Unicode Standard, which was created to support the diverse indigenous languages of Canada in digital text. The "ᑏ" symbol is a fundamental component for accurately writing words in these languages, helping preserve and promote linguistic heritage through modern technology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+144F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Tii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x144F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000144F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u144f |
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 |