U+1457 "ᑗ" Canadian Syllabics Twe Unicode Character

U+1457 "ᑗ" Canadian Syllabics Twe is a letter used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound "twe" as part of the Western Cree syllabary. It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans and later adapted for various Indigenous languages including Inuktitut, Ojibwe, and Blackfoot. The character graphically combines a consonant shape for "t" with a small rotated triangle marker to indicate the vowel "we," reflecting the syllabic structure where each character denotes a full syllable. This system remains in active use today for literacy and cultural preservation among many First Nations communities in Canada.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1457
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Twe
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᑗ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᑗ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x91 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1457
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001457
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1457

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