U+143E "ᐾ" Canadian Syllabics Pwii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+143E "ᐾ" Canadian Syllabics Pwii is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree and Ojibwe. This character combines the consonant sound "p" with the vowel sound "wii" to form a distinct written unit, used within the Canadian Aboriginal syllabary system that was historically adapted by missionaries and communities for writing these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+143E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Pwii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᐾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᐾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x90 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x143E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000143E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u143e |
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 |