U+1571 "ᕱ" Canadian Syllabics Tyi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1571 "ᕱ" Canadian Syllabics Tyi is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily to represent a syllable in the Inuktitut and Cree writing systems. This character denotes the sound "tyi," which is a voiceless palatal plosive combined with the vowel i, and it is employed in the orthography of Indigenous languages in Canada to accurately transcribe their phonetic structures. As a component of a script designed to support linguistic diversity, ᕱ plays a role in preserving and promoting the written form of these languages, following a tradition of syllabic writing developed in the 19th century.

General Properties

Code Point U+1571
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Tyi
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᕱ
HTML Hex Encoding ᕱ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x95 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1571
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001571
C/C++/Java Escape \u1571

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