U+1466 "ᑦ" Canadian Syllabics T Unicode Character

U+1466 "ᑦ" Canadian Syllabics T is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the consonant sound "t" in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Inuktitut and Cree. It appears as a single vertical stroke with a hook or curve at the top, forming part of a syllabic writing system developed in the 19th century for transcribing Algonquian and Eskimo-Aleut languages. This character specifically represents the final or standalone form of the "t" sound in a syllable, often used without a following vowel or as part of a consonant cluster, and it is encoded in the multilingual standard Unicode to preserve and support digital communication for these languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1466
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics T
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᑦ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᑦ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x91 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1466
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001466
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1466

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