U+1492 "ᒒ" Canadian Syllabics Cwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1492 "ᒒ" Canadian Syllabics Cwe is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily in writing certain Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Inuktitut or Cree, where it represents a specific syllabic sound, typically a consonant-vowel combination like "cwe" or "tchwe". This character is part of a writing system that was historically developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to transcribe the sounds of Ojibwe and Cree, and it continues to serve as a vital tool for preserving and documenting Indigenous languages in digital and printed text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1492 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Cwe |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1492 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001492 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1492 |
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 |