U+1672 "ᙲ" Canadian Syllabics Nngii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᙲ
U+1672 "ᙲ" Canadian Syllabics Nngii is a character used in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, representing a specific syllable sound in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly Inuktitut and Cree. It is composed of a distinct rotating and open shape that denotes the consonant sound "nng" followed by a long vowel "ii," and it forms part of a systematic writing system developed in the 19th century to transcribe these oral languages into a visual form. This character contributes to preserving and accurately representing the phonetic diversity of the languages, supporting literacy and cultural continuity within the communities that use it.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1672 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Nngii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1672 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001672 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1672 |
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 |