U+14A9 "ᒩ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Moo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+14A9 "ᒩ" Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Moo is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the writing system used for certain Cree dialects, particularly the western Woods Cree and Swampy Cree languages. It is composed of the character for the consonant "y" and the vowel "oo," which together produce the syllabic sound "moo," and is written as a rotated, mirrored, or modified form of the base "mo" syllable, reflecting the phonology of these Indigenous languages. This character, along with the rest of the Canadian Syllabics script, was devised in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to facilitate literacy among First Nations communities, and it continues to be used in educational and cultural contexts to preserve and transmit Cree language heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+14A9
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Y-Cree Moo
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᒩ
HTML Hex Encoding ᒩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x92 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x14A9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000014A9
C/C++/Java Escape \u14a9

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