U+14EE "ᓮ" Canadian Syllabics Saai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14EE "ᓮ" Canadian Syllabics Saai is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, primarily used in writing the Inuktitut language. It represents a specific syllable sound, combining a consonant component with a long "ai" vowel, and is part of a larger system of syllabic characters designed to represent the phonetic structure of Indigenous languages across Canada. This character is found in historical and contemporary texts, contributing to the preservation and written communication of Inuktitut and related linguistic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14EE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Saai |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14ee |
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 |