U+159F "ᖟ" Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Th Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+159F "ᖟ" Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Th is a specific glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system to represent the sound "th" as found in the Woods Cree dialect of the Cree language. This character is part of a larger set of syllabics designed to phonetically transcribe Indigenous languages across Canada, with its unique shape distinguishing it from other syllabic characters like those for "te" or "thi". Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text, from educational materials to cultural documents, can accurately preserve and transmit the distinct pronunciation and orthographic traditions of the Woods Cree community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+159F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Th |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x159F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000159F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u159f |
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 |