U+14BE "ᒾ" Canadian Syllabics Athapascan M Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+14BE "ᒾ" Canadian Syllabics Athapascan M is a letter used in written forms of certain Athapaskan languages, such as Carrier, to represent a specific consonantal sound, typically a voiced bilabial nasal. It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block of the Unicode standard, which was designed to support the diverse syllabic writing systems developed for Indigenous languages of Canada. This character distinguishes itself from the more common "Canadian Syllabics M" by its unique shape and phonetic role within the Athapascan script conventions, helping to accurately transcribe the linguistic nuances of those languages. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for texts and communications in these historically underrepresented writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+14BE
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Athapascan M
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᒾ
HTML Hex Encoding ᒾ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x92 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x14BE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000014BE
C/C++/Java Escape \u14be

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