U+143B "ᐻ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Pwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+143B "ᐻ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Pwe is a glyph in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable used in the writing system for West-Cree languages, where it denotes the sound "pwe." This character is part of a larger syllabary developed in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages, particularly those of the Cree family, and it facilitates the accurate representation of phonetic distinctions in these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can preserve and transmit this cultural and linguistic heritage across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+143B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Pwe |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x143B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000143B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u143b |
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 |