U+18E9 "ᣩ" Canadian Syllabics Tlhoo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+18E9 "ᣩ" Canadian Syllabics Tlhoo is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system to represent the sound sequence "tlhoo" (voiceless lateral affricate followed by a long "oo" vowel), typically found in languages like Cree or Inuktitut where such syllabic blocks are employed. This character belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of Unicode, which was encoded to support the diverse indigenous languages of Canada that have traditionally used this script for literacy and cultural preservation. Its design follows the distinctive geometric pattern of the syllabary, where the rotation and orientation of the basic shape indicate the vowel attached to the consonant, with the specific form of "ᣩ" marking the long vowel variant in this case.

General Properties

Code Point U+18E9
Version Added 5.2
Name Canadian Syllabics Tlhoo
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᣩ
HTML Hex Encoding ᣩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA3 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x18E9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000018E9
C/C++/Java Escape \u18e9

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