U+14A3 "ᒣ" Canadian Syllabics Me Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒣ
U+14A3 "ᒣ" Canadian Syllabics Me is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the Cree and Ojibwe writing systems to represent the syllable sound "me". This script was developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe Indigenous languages, and it remains an important tool for literacy and cultural preservation among these communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14A3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Me |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14a3 |
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 |