U+1458 "ᑘ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᑘ
U+1458 "ᑘ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twe is a part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the writing system for certain Indigenous languages in Canada, specifically for the West-Cree dialect. This character represents the syllable "twe," which is a combination of a consonant sound and vowel sound, forming a single glyph that is written as a distinct unit in syllabic scripts. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the linguistic heritage of Cree communities, allowing for accurate representation in electronic texts and communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1458 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twe |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1458 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001458 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1458 |
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 |