U+166D "᙭" Canadian Syllabics Chi Sign Unicode Character

U+166D "᙭" Canadian Syllabics Chi Sign is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the writing systems of various Indigenous languages in Canada, particularly those of the Cree and Inuktitut language families. This specific glyph represents the syllable sound "chi," akin to the "chi" in the English word "cheese," and is rendered as the conjunct form of the character series that employs rotational and reflective variations to denote different consonant vowel combinations. As part of a script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans, it serves as a crucial orthographic component for accurately transcribing spoken syllables, thereby supporting the preservation and revitalization of these languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+166D
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Chi Sign
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	᙭
HTML Hex Encoding	᙭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x166D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000166D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u166d

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
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other