U+1477 "ᑷ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1477 "ᑷ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwi is a character from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "kwi" in the Western Cree language variant. This script was originally developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century for Indigenous languages, and the glyph for "kwi" is formed by combining the basic "k" symbol with a small raised diacritic or rotation to indicate the vowel sound "wi." It is used in written texts to accurately transcribe the phonetics of West-Cree, supporting the preservation and communication of the language in both traditional and digital contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1477 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1477 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001477 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1477 |
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 |