U+1480 "ᒀ" Canadian Syllabics Kwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1480 "ᒀ" Canadian Syllabics Kwaa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "kwaa" in the Inuktitut and Cree writing systems. It is constructed from the basic syllabic form for "k" combined with a small raised mark to indicate the "waa" vowel sound, and it is used within Indigenous languages of Canada to accurately represent their phonetic structures. This character is part of a broader script that was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy in Indigenous communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1480 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Kwaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1480 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001480 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1480 |
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 |