U+14AA "ᒪ" Canadian Syllabics Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒪ
U+14AA "ᒪ" Canadian Syllabics Ma is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "ma" in several Indigenous writing systems, most notably in Cree and Inuktitut. This character is part of a script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for the Ojibwe and Cree languages, and it has since been standardized in Unicode to support digital communication and preservation of these languages. Its design typically features a simple, angular structure aligned with the syllabic script's characteristic shapes, allowing it to function as a fundamental unit in writing words and conveying meaning within the respective linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14AA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Ma |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14AA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014AA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14aa |
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 |