U+1414 "ᐔ" Canadian Syllabics Woo Unicode Character

U+1414 "ᐔ" Canadian Syllabics Woo is a grapheme within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent a specific syllable in several Indigenous languages of Canada, most notably in Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. Visually, it consists of a simple wedge or chevron shape pointing downward, often transcribed phonetically as the sound "woo." This character is part of a larger syllabary system developed in the 19th century, which organizes characters by rotating and modifying basic shapes to indicate different vowel sounds. In digital environments, "ᐔ" allows for accurate written representation of Aboriginal languages, supporting linguistic preservation and communication across communities that use these writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1414
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Woo
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᐔ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᐔ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x90 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1414
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001414
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1414

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