U+148D "ᒍ" Canadian Syllabics Co Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒍ
U+148D "ᒍ" Canadian Syllabics Co is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily in the Inuktitut and Cree writing systems to represent the consonant sound "co." This character belongs to a script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for transcribing Indigenous languages of Canada, and it is encoded in Unicode to support digital representation and preservation of these languages. In Inuktitut, it typically functions as a syllabic unit, combining the consonant "c" with the vowel "o," and its design reflects the geometric, angular style common to Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, making it essential for accurate text in educational, cultural, and governmental contexts across northern Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+148D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Co |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x148D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000148D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u148d |
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 |