U+1462 "ᑢ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1462 "ᑢ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twa is a single grapheme used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "twa" in the Western Cree dialect of the Algonquian language family. Its form, which resembles a geometric triangle with an extended left arm, is part of a standardized script designed by missionaries in the 19th century to encode the phonetics of Indigenous languages. This character serves as a fundamental building block for writing words in Western Cree, supporting the preservation and daily use of the language in digital texts, educational materials, and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1462 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Twa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1462 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001462 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1462 |
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 |