U+140A "ᐊ" Canadian Syllabics A Unicode Character

U+140A "ᐊ" Canadian Syllabics A is a graphic symbol used primarily in the writing system for several Indigenous languages of Canada, including Inuktitut and various Cree dialects. This character represents the vowel sound "a" and belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was encoded to preserve and support the linguistic heritage of these communities. Its distinctive shape, resembling an open wedge pointing downward, is part of a larger syllabic script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy among speakers of these languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140A
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics A
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᐊ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᐊ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x90 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x140A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000140A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u140a

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