U+14AC "ᒬ" Canadian Syllabics Mwe Unicode Character

U+14AC "ᒬ" Canadian Syllabics Mwe is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific phonetic syllable in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree or Ojibwe. It is composed of a rotated or mirrored form of the basic character for "m" combined with a small right-pointing hook, indicating a "we" vowel sound. This character is part of a larger writing system developed in the 19th century to transcribe these languages, and it is encoded in Unicode to support digital text and preservation of these linguistic traditions. While not commonly seen in everyday contexts, it serves an important role in written communication within specific Indigenous communities.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14AC
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Mwe
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᒬ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᒬ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x92 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x14AC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000014AC
C/C++/Java Escape	\u14ac

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