U+155F "ᕟ" Canadian Syllabics N-Cree The Unicode Character

U+155F "ᕟ" Canadian Syllabics N-Cree The is a typographic symbol used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing a syllabic unit in the Cree language that corresponds to the sound "the" with an initial "n-" prefix or consonant cluster. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was designed to encode the various syllabaries used for writing Indigenous languages across Canada, including Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. The glyph shape, featuring a rounded top with a split middle and a small tail, follows the geometric patterns typical of these writing systems, where orientation and attached marks modify the vowel or consonant value.

General Properties

Code Point	U+155F
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics N-Cree The
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᕟ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᕟ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x95 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x155F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000155F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u155f

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