U+1555 "ᕕ" Canadian Syllabics Fi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕕ
U+1555 "ᕕ" Canadian Syllabics Fi is a distinct character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, primarily for languages such as Inuktitut and Cree. It represents the syllable sound "fi" and is part of the unified script designed to transcribe the phonetics of these Indigenous North American languages. The character appears as a compact, angular shape, typical of the syllabary's geometric style, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally support the linguistic heritage of the communities that use it.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1555 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Fi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1555 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001555 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1555 |
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 |