U+1556 "ᕖ" Canadian Syllabics Fii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕖ
U+1556 "ᕖ" Canadian Syllabics Fii is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "fii" in the Inuktitut writing system used for various Indigenous languages of Canada. It is formed by combining the consonant symbol for "f" with the vowel indicator for a long "ii" sound, reflecting the syllabic script's structural design where characters denote full syllables rather than individual letters. This character is part of a broader set of syllabics developed in the 19th century to transcribe the sounds of Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuit languages, facilitating written communication and cultural preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1556 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Fii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1556 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001556 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1556 |
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 |