U+1484 "ᒄ" Canadian Syllabics Kw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒄ
U+1484 "ᒄ" Canadian Syllabics Kw is a part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a syllabic character used in the Inuktitut and Cree writing systems to denote the sound "kw". This character is derived from the larger family of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, a script created in the 19th century to transcribe the languages of Indigenous peoples in Canada. As a single glyph, it functions as a distinct syllabic unit, contributing to the phonetic and orthographic representation of these languages in digital text and ensuring their preservation and accessibility in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1484 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Kw |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1484 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001484 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1484 |
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 |