U+18E8 "ᣨ" Canadian Syllabics Tlhwe Unicode Character

U+18E8 "ᣨ" Canadian Syllabics Tlhwe is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent a specific syllable sound in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly in the writing system developed for Inuktitut and Cree. This character denotes a consonant-vowel combination pronounced roughly as "tlhway," and it is part of a larger syllabic script that was historically adapted by missionaries and linguists to transcribe the phonetic structures of these languages. As a modern digital character, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that speakers and scholars can accurately preserve and transmit written materials using this traditional orthography across electronic platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18E8
Version Added	5.2
Name	Canadian Syllabics Tlhwe
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣨ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣨ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18E8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018E8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18e8

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