U+1416 "ᐖ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Woo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1416 "ᐖ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Woo is a distinct glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the Naskapi language, where it encodes the phonetic value "woo" or a similar syllabic sound. It forms part of the unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was developed to support various Indigenous languages across Canada, including Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut, though its use is particular to the Naskapi dialect. This character appears as a rotated V shape with a small dot positioned inside its apex, and it is employed in written Naskapi to accurately represent the unique phonological features of that language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1416 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Woo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1416 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001416 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1416 |
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 |