U+146C "ᑬ" Canadian Syllabics Kaai Unicode Character

U+146C "ᑬ" Canadian Syllabics Kaai is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "kaai" in the Inuktitut writing system used for various Indigenous languages of Canada. This specific character is composed of a triangular form that indicates a consonant 'k' combined with a final diacritic or rotation that marks the vowel "aai," a long or diphthongized vowel sound distinct from the simpler "ka." It is part of a larger set of syllabic characters developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans and later adapted for Inuktitut by linguists and communities, serving as an essential tool for preserving and writing the language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+146C
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Kaai
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᑬ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᑬ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x91 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x146C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000146C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u146c

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