U+148E "ᒎ" Canadian Syllabics Coo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒎ
U+148E "ᒎ" Canadian Syllabics Coo is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific phonetic syllable in several Indigenous languages of Canada, including Cree and Inuktitut. It denotes the sound "koo" or "coo," formed by combining a consonant symbol with a vowel indicator, and is written as a single glyph with a distinct shape featuring a vertical stem and a small loop or hook. This character is part of a larger writing system developed in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages, and it remains in use today for digital text and documentation, supporting the preservation and revival of these linguistic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+148E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Coo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x148E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000148E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u148e |
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 |