U+149D "ᒝ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒝ
U+149D "ᒝ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwa is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, designed to represent a specific syllabic sound in the West Cree language. This character corresponds to the consonant cluster "cwa" (pronounced like the English "tswa" or similar affricate) as used in the Western Cree writing system, which is an abugida where each symbol denotes a syllable rather than an individual letter. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and preservation of the Cree language, supporting literacy and communication for Cree-speaking communities across Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+149D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Cwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x149D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000149D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u149d |
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 |