U+141A "ᐚ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Waa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+141A "ᐚ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Waa is a character in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used to represent the syllable "waa" in the Western Cree language. This script was historically developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century and is an integral part of writing systems for several Indigenous languages in Canada, such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. The character itself descends from a modified Latin letter shape, embodying a unique visual system where orientation and rotation of symbols convey different vowel sounds. In digital text, the U+141A character allows for the accurate representation and preservation of West-Cree orthography, supporting linguistic and cultural documentation in modern computing environments.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᐚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᐚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x90 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x141A |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000141A |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u141a |
Unicode Properties