U+140C "ᐌ" Canadian Syllabics We Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᐌ
U+140C "ᐌ" Canadian Syllabics We is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the Canadian Aboriginal writing system, which was developed primarily for languages such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. This character denotes the sound "we" and is formed by a right-pointing arrow-like shape with a small vertical line on its upper left, reflecting the geometric and systematic nature of the syllabary where orientation and dot placement modify vowel sounds. As a standardized digital character, it enables accurate text representation and preservation of Indigenous languages in modern computing environments, supporting linguistic heritage and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+140C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics We |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x140C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000140C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u140c |
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 |