U+14B4 "ᒴ" Canadian Syllabics Mwoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14B4 "ᒴ" Canadian Syllabics Mwoo is a syllabic character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, primarily for languages such as Cree and Inuktitut. It represents the sound "mwoo," combining the consonant "m" with the vowel "oo," and is formed by adding a small vertical or angled diacritic mark, known as a "w" dot, to the base glyph for "mo" to indicate the labialized or rounded vowel quality. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, preserving a crucial element of Indigenous writing traditions in Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14B4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Mwoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14b4 |
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 |