U+18E4 "ᣤ" Canadian Syllabics Thwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᣤ
U+18E4 "ᣤ" Canadian Syllabics Thwa is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in certain Indigenous Canadian languages, particularly within the Algonquian language family. This character denotes a consonant vowel combination, likely corresponding to the "thwa" sound, and is one of several extensions designed to support the phonetic and orthographic needs of languages like Cree, Ojibwe, or Inuktitut that utilize this writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and preservation of these historically significant scripts for modern communication and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18E4 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Thwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᣤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᣤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA3 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18E4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18e4 |
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 |