U+149A "ᒚ" Canadian Syllabics Cwoo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+149A "ᒚ" Canadian Syllabics Cwoo is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block used primarily in writing the Cree language and other Indigenous languages of Canada. This character represents a syllabic unit pronounced as "cwoo" or "tchwoo," and its form is derived from a combination of a consonant symbol and a vowel indicator, a common feature of the syllabic script system. It appears in legacy and modern digital texts to preserve linguistic authenticity, and its encoding ensures consistent representation across different devices and platforms for language documentation and communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+149A
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Cwoo
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᒚ
HTML Hex Encoding ᒚ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x92 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x149A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000149A
C/C++/Java Escape \u149a

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