U+1456 "ᑖ" Canadian Syllabics Taa Unicode Character

U+1456 "ᑖ" Canadian Syllabics Taa is a character in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script used primarily to write the Cree language, where it represents the syllable pronounced "taa" (with a long vowel sound). This script was devised by missionary James Evans in the 19th century and features a distinct geometric design, with the "ᑖ" glyph combining a left-facing triangle symbol for the consonant "t" with a specific rotation or orientation to indicate the vowel "aa". The character belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of Unicode, which ensures that indigenous languages of Canada can be accurately represented and preserved in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1456
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Taa
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᑖ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᑖ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x91 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1456
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001456
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1456

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