U+14C2 "ᓂ" Canadian Syllabics Ni Unicode Character

U+14C2 "ᓂ" Canadian Syllabics Ni is a single character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "ni" in several Indigenous languages of Canada, most notably Inuktitut and Cree. This script was devised in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy among Indigenous communities and is uniquely derived from visual modifications of basic geometric shapes rather than Latin alphabet letters. The character consists of a triangular form pointing downward with a small vertical stem at its top, a design that distinguishes it from related syllables like "na" or "nu" in the same writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14C2
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Ni
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᓂ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᓂ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x93 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x14C2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000014C2
C/C++/Java Escape	\u14c2

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