U+1565 "ᕥ" Canadian Syllabics Thoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕥ
U+1565 "ᕥ" Canadian Syllabics Thoo is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically part of the writing system used for Inuktitut and other Indigenous languages of Canada. It represents the syllable sound "thoo," utilizing a looped and angled form typical of syllabic scripts developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century. This character is encoded for digital text to support the accurate representation of the Inuktitut language, where it appears in words and names, contributing to the preservation and modern use of these linguistic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1565 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Thoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1565 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001565 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1565 |
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 |