U+1479 "ᑹ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᑹ
U+1479 "ᑹ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwii is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a consonant sound in the Western Cree dialect. This character is used in Indigenous Canadian writing systems, particularly for the Cree language, where it corresponds to the syllable "kwii," combining a "k" sound with a "w" glide and a long "ii" vowel. It is part of a broader script that was developed by missionaries and adapted by various First Nations communities to write their languages, helping to preserve and transmit oral traditions into written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1479 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1479 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001479 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1479 |
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 |