U+166A "ᙪ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ttsee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+166A "ᙪ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ttsee is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the writing systems of Indigenous languages in Canada, specifically the Carrier (Dakelh) language. This character represents the syllable "ttsee," pronounced with a voiceless or aspirated alveolar affricate sound, and it is part of a comprehensive syllabary that the Carrier people adapted from the original Cree syllabics created by missionary James Evans in the 19th century. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the linguistic heritage of the Carrier nation, allowing for accurate representation in text and communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+166A
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ttsee
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᙪ
HTML Hex Encoding ᙪ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x99 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x166A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000166A
C/C++/Java Escape \u166a

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