U+166E "᙮" Canadian Syllabics Full Stop Unicode Character

U+166E "᙮" Canadian Syllabics Full Stop is a punctuation mark used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system to indicate the end of a sentence, functioning similarly to a period or full stop in English. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block and is primarily employed in languages such as Inuktitut and Cree, where it helps structure written text by marking a clear grammatical boundary. Its unique visual form, resembling a small raised dot or diamond, distinguishes it from other punctuation while maintaining the syllabic script's distinct typographic style.

General Properties

Code Point	U+166E
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Full Stop
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	᙮
HTML Hex Encoding	᙮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x166E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000166E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u166e

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
Terminal Punctuation	Yes
Sentence Terminal	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	STerm