U+1573 "ᕳ" Canadian Syllabics Tya Unicode Character

U+1573 "ᕳ" Canadian Syllabics Tya is a distinctive glyph from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, specifically used for writing Inuktitut and sometimes other Indigenous languages of Canada, where it represents the syllable "tya" with a sound similar to the "tya" in "canyon". In the Canadian Syllabics system, which was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans, this character is part of a family of signs that combine consonant and vowel sounds into a single symbol, often using rotation and orientation changes to denote different vowels. The shape of ᕳ features a bold, angular form typical of the script, with a left-leaning vertical stem and a curved top hook that distinguishes it from related characters in the syllabary.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1573
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Tya
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᕳ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᕳ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x95 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1573
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001573
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1573

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