U+146E "ᑮ" Canadian Syllabics Kii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+146E "ᑮ" Canadian Syllabics Kii is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, which was developed in the 19th century for writing various Indigenous languages across Canada, particularly those of the Cree and Ojibwe language families. This specific glyph represents the syllable "kii" in the Western Cree syllabary, combining the consonant "k" with the long vowel "ii" to form a single distinct sign. It is part of the unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in the Unicode standard, ensuring that it can be digitally represented and shared across different devices and platforms, helping to preserve and support the written form of these culturally significant languages in modern communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+146E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Kii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x146E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000146E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u146e |
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 |