U+1486 "ᒆ" Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Kih Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1486 "ᒆ" Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Kih is a letter used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing a phonetic sound in the South Slavey language spoken in parts of Canada's Northwest Territories. This character corresponds to the syllable "kih" and is part of a larger script historically adapted by missionaries for Indigenous languages like Slavey, Cree, and Inuktitut to facilitate literacy. Its distinctive shape, with a central vertical stem and a small hook or dot, distinguishes it from similar syllabic characters and helps convey the precise pronunciation needed for the Dene language family to which South Slavey belongs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1486 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics South-Slavey Kih |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1486 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001486 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1486 |
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 |