U+141B "ᐛ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Waa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᐛ
U+141B "ᐛ" Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Waa is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the Naskapi language to represent the sound "waa." This character is part of a writing system that was developed for Indigenous languages in Canada, and its distinct shape helps accurately transcribe the phonetic nuances of Naskapi. As a standard Unicode character, it ensures that this linguistic element can be digitally preserved, rendered across various devices, and used in modern text processing without losing its cultural and phonetic significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+141B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Naskapi Waa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x141B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000141B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u141b |
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 |