U+14A7 "ᒧ" Canadian Syllabics Mo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14A7 "ᒧ" Canadian Syllabics Mo is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used to represent the syllable "mo" in several Indigenous languages of Canada, including Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibwe. This character belongs to the western Cree-style orthography, where its distinct shape—a tall vertical line with a leftward hook and a small dash—indicates the specific vowel sound combined with the consonant "m." As a component of the Canadian Aboriginal syllabary, it was designed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate written communication in these languages, and it remains an essential part of preserving and writing Indigenous languages today.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14A7 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Mo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒧ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒧ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14A7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014A7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14a7 |
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 |