U+147B "ᑻ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+147B "ᑻ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwo is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a syllabic unit used in the writing system for Western Cree languages. This character corresponds to the sound "kwo," and its form is a variant of the basic "ko" symbol with a specific diacritic-like mark indicating a rounded or labialized pronunciation. It is part of a script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for Indigenous languages across Canada, enabling written communication for Cree, Ojibwe, and other communities. Today, it remains in digital use for preserving and transmitting these languages, supported by modern Unicode standards for consistent representation across devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+147B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Kwo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᑻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᑻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x91 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x147B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000147B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u147b |
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 |