U+156C "ᕬ" Canadian Syllabics Tthi Unicode Character

U+156C "ᕬ" Canadian Syllabics Tthi is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, primarily designed for languages such as Inuktitut and Cree. This character represents the syllable sound "tthi," which is a voiceless aspirated dental or alveolar stop, and it is composed of a specific shape that distinguishes it from similar syllabic signs. The Canadian Syllabics script was developed in the 19th century to facilitate literacy among Indigenous communities, and "tthi" belongs to a series of characters that form a complete phonetic inventory for writing these languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+156C
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Tthi
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᕬ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᕬ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x95 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x156C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000156C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u156c

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