U+14AF "ᒯ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Mwi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+14AF "ᒯ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Mwi is a syllabic character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound "mwi" in Western Cree, a dialect of the Cree language spoken by Indigenous communities in parts of Canada. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was encoded to support the diverse syllabic scripts historically developed for several Indigenous languages, including Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. The glyph for "ᒯ" resembles a geometric shape, typical of syllabics, with a vertical stem and a rounded right side, and it functions as a single unit representing both a consonant and a vowel sound. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and facilitate digital communication in West-Cree and related languages, supporting cultural and linguistic heritage.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᒯ
HTML Hex Encoding ᒯ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x92 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x14AF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000014AF
C/C++/Java Escape \u14af

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