U+145C "ᑜ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twii Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+145C "ᑜ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twii is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the Cree language as part of the Western Cree syllabary. It represents the syllable "twii," which is a distinct sound in that linguistic system, and its name reflects the specific dialect and pronunciation it encodes. This character is one of many created to support written Indigenous languages in Canada, enabling accurate representation of unique phonetic elements in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+145C
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twii
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᑜ
HTML Hex Encoding ᑜ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x91 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x145C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000145C
C/C++/Java Escape \u145c

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