U+145B "ᑛ" Canadian Syllabics Twii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᑛ
U+145B "ᑛ" Canadian Syllabics Twii is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, which was developed primarily for languages like Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. This specific character represents a syllable sound, typically transcribed as "twii" or a similar combination of a consonant and vowel in certain dialects. It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of Unicode, which was introduced to preserve and support indigenous languages in digital text. The glyph combines a distinctive angular shape with a small internal mark, reflecting the geometric style common to many syllabic scripts across northern Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+145B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Twii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x145B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000145B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u145b |
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 |