U+14B6 "ᒶ" Canadian Syllabics Mwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒶ
U+14B6 "ᒶ" Canadian Syllabics Mwa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "mwa" in the Cree and Inuktitut writing systems. This character is part of a standardized script developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe Indigenous languages, and it is formed by combining the basic syllabic shape for "m" with a small right-pointing diacritic to indicate the "wa" vowel sound. The character is used in written forms of various Canadian Aboriginal languages, ensuring the preservation and modern digital representation of these linguistic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14B6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Mwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14b6 |
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 |