U+14BD "ᒽ" Canadian Syllabics Mh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14BD "ᒽ" Canadian Syllabics Mh is a specific glyph within the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used historically for writing certain Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly in the Cree and Ojibwe writing systems. This character represents the syllable "mh," distinguished by a small diacritical mark or modification from the base syllable "mo," indicating a distinct phonetic value that often denotes a voiceless or altered form of the "m" sound. It is part of a broader syllabary developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans, which adapts characters to the sound systems of Algonquian languages, and it remains important for accurate transcription and preservation of these linguistic traditions in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14BD |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Mh |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᒽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᒽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x92 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14BD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014BD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14bd |
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 |