U+143C "ᐼ" Canadian Syllabics Pwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+143C "ᐼ" Canadian Syllabics Pwi is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllabic character used in the writing systems of certain Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree and Ojibwe. It denotes the syllable sound "pwi," formed by combining the consonant series for "p" with the vowel-like indicator for "wi." This character is one of many in the script developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to facilitate literacy among Indigenous communities, and it continues to serve as an essential component for accurately transcribing and preserving the phonetic and grammatical structures of these languages in digital and printed texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+143C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Pwi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x143C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000143C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u143c |
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 |