U+1419 "ᐙ" Canadian Syllabics Waa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᐙ
U+1419 "ᐙ" Canadian Syllabics Waa is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "waa" in the writing systems of several Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibwe. It is composed of a downward-pointing chevron shape, which indicates the consonant "w," combined with a vertical line on the right side, representing the vowel "aa." This character is part of a larger script first developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages phonetically and remains in active use today for cultural preservation and education.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1419 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Waa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1419 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001419 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1419 |
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 |