U+1496 "ᒖ" Canadian Syllabics Cwii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1496 "ᒖ" Canadian Syllabics Cwii is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic unit in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree. This character denotes the sound "cwii," which is a combination of a consonant and a vowel, and is used in writing systems that were historically developed for transcription of these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the orthography and cultural heritage of the Indigenous communities that employ this script, enabling accurate representation in modern text and computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1496 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Cwii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1496 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001496 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1496 |
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 |