U+140B "ᐋ" Canadian Syllabics Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᐋ
U+140B "ᐋ" Canadian Syllabics Aa is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the sound "aa" in several Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. Its geometric shape features a distinctive upward-pointing chevron or V-like form with a vertical line descending from its apex, distinguishing it from related syllabic characters. This character is an essential component of the writing system developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to facilitate literacy among First Nations communities, and it remains in active digital use today for preserving and transmitting these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+140B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Aa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x140B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000140B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u140b |
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 |