U+1512 "ᔒ" Canadian Syllabics Shii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1512 "ᔒ" Canadian Syllabics Shii is a character in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllabic sound "shii" as used in several Indigenous languages of Canada, including Inuktitut and various Cree dialects. This specific glyph is formed by adding a small right-pointing diacritic mark, known as a final or dot, to the base syllabic form for "shi," which indicates a long vowel pronunciation. As part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans, the character enables precise representation of the linguistic phonetics of these oral traditions, supporting literacy and cultural preservation in digital and print media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1512 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Shii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1512 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001512 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1512 |
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 |