U+167C "ᙼ" Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Thwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+167C "ᙼ" Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Thwa is a written symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used specifically to represent a phonetic sound in the Woods Cree dialect of the Cree language. This character corresponds to the sequence of sounds for the syllable "thwa," which is part of the broader syllabic writing system developed for Indigenous languages in Canada. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitize the Woods Cree orthography, allowing for accurate text rendering and communication in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+167C |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Woods-Cree Thwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x167C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000167C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u167c |
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 |