U+1566 "ᕦ" Canadian Syllabics Tha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᕦ
U+1566 "ᕦ" Canadian Syllabics Tha is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, specifically representing the syllable "tha" in languages such as Inuktitut and various Cree dialects. Its glyph resembles a stylized hand or fist, derived from the original syllabic writing system developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century for Indigenous languages in Canada. This character is part of a larger set of unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital text representation and preservation of these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1566 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Tha |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᕦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᕦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x95 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1566 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001566 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1566 |
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 |