U+142D "ᐭ" Canadian Syllabics On Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᐭ
U+142D "ᐭ" Canadian Syllabics On is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent the sound "on" in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly within the Cree and Ojibwe writing systems. This character belongs to a syllabic script developed in the 19th century to transcribe Algonquian and Inuit languages, and it appears as a rotated or mirrored form of the basic syllabic "o" shapes, with a distinctive hooked or angular glyph design. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for writing and typing in these languages on modern electronic devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+142D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics On |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x142D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000142D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u142d |
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 |