U+14BC "ᒼ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree M Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᒼ
U+14BC "ᒼ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree M is a letter used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the sound "m" in the Western Cree dialect, also known as Plains Cree. This script was developed primarily by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages across Canada, and the character takes the form of a simple, angular geometric shape typical of the syllabary's design. Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, preserving the linguistic heritage of Cree communities who rely on this character for writing their language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14BC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree M |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14bc |
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 |