U+1498 "ᒘ" Canadian Syllabics Cwo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒘ
U+1498 "ᒘ" Canadian Syllabics Cwo is a symbol within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily for writing the Cree language and related Indigenous languages of Canada. This character represents a specific syllabic sound, combining the consonant sound "cw" with the vowel "o", and is part of a script developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to facilitate literacy among First Nations communities. Its correct usage is essential for accurately representing certain words and dialects in these languages, though it may be rare compared to more common syllabic characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1498 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Cwo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1498 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001498 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1498 |
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 |