U+18E5 "ᣥ" Canadian Syllabics Tthwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
Canadian Syllabics Tthwe
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal