U+18E5 "ᣥ" Canadian Syllabics Tthwe Unicode Character

U+18E5 "ᣥ" Canadian Syllabics Tthwe is a specific glyph in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a sound from certain Indigenous languages, most notably Cree, where it denotes the consonant cluster "tthwe." This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe the phonetics of Algonquian and other First Nations languages, using a syllabic structure rather than a standard alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately preserve and reproduce this linguistic element, supporting the cultural and educational efforts to maintain Indigenous language use in modern technology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18E5
Version Added	5.2
Name	Canadian Syllabics Tthwe
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣥ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣥ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18E5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018E5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18e5

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