U+1478 "ᑸ" Canadian Syllabics Kwii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᑸ
U+1478 "ᑸ" Canadian Syllabics Kwii is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllabic sound "kwii" used in writing the Cree language and other related Indigenous languages of Canada. This character is part of the Western Cree syllabary's series for consonant-vowel combinations, where the shape and orientation of the syllable indicate both the consonant and vowel components. It is distinguished from similar characters by its unique form, and its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and accurate textual representation of these historically significant writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1478 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Kwii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1478 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001478 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1478 |
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 |