U+145D "ᑝ" Canadian Syllabics Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᑝ
U+145D "ᑝ" Canadian Syllabics Two is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in writing the Inuktitut language. It represents a syllable sound that typically corresponds to the combination of a consonant and a vowel, specifically the sound "po" within the Inuktitut syllabary. This character is part of a script developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages across Canada, and it remains in active use for written Inuktitut, helping to preserve and communicate the linguistic heritage of Inuit communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+145D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Two |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x145D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000145D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u145d |
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 |