U+141D "ᐝ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree W Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᐝ
U+141D "ᐝ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree W is a specific glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, a script system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for writing Cree and other Indigenous languages of Canada. This character represents the syllable sound equivalent to the letter "W" in the Y-dialect of the Cree language, distinguishing it from other regional variations within the syllabic writing system. It is used in written texts to accurately transcribe the phonetics of Cree, which relies on a syllabic structure rather than a standard alphabet, and it plays a role in the preservation and revitalization of Indigenous linguistic heritage in Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+141D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree W |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x141D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000141D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u141d |
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 |