U+159C "ᖜ" Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Thi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+159C "ᖜ" Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Thi is a script character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically for the Woods Cree dialect. It represents the syllabic sound "thi" in the Woods Cree language, which is an Algonquian language spoken by Indigenous communities in parts of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, designed to support the diverse syllabic scripts used across various First Nations languages, and it typically appears in a cursive or rounded style distinct from other Cree syllabic variants. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and facilitate digital communication for these historically oral and visually rich languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᖜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᖜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x96 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x159C |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000159C |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u159c |
Unicode Properties