U+15A8 "ᖨ" Canadian Syllabics Th-Cree Thi Unicode Character

U+15A8 "ᖨ" Canadian Syllabics Th-Cree Thi is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was designed to represent the sounds of various Indigenous languages in Canada, particularly Cree. This specific character encodes the syllable "thi," using a distinct shape that combines a vertical stem with a rightward hook and a dot above, a form derived from the Latin-based transcription system developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century. It is used in the Th-Cree dialect, primarily spoken by Indigenous communities in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, to accurately render a sound that does not exist in English.

General Properties

Code Point	U+15A8
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Th-Cree Thi
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᖨ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᖨ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x96 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x15A8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000015A8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u15a8

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