U+1476 "ᑶ" Canadian Syllabics Kwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1476 "ᑶ" Canadian Syllabics Kwi is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly in the writing systems for Cree and Inuktitut. This character denotes the consonant-vowel combination "kwi," where the shape of the glyph visually encodes the phonetic value through its orientation and structure, following the syllabary's systematic design. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this syllabic representation can be reliably used in digital text, supporting the preservation and everyday use of these languages across modern communication platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1476 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Kwi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1476 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001476 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1476 |
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 |