U+14C7 "ᓇ" Canadian Syllabics Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᓇ
U+14C7 "ᓇ" Canadian Syllabics Na is a letter from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, specifically representing the syllable "na" as used in languages such as Cree and Inuktitut. This script was devised by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to facilitate literacy among Indigenous communities, and the character's distinctive curved form reflects the geometric, angle-based design typical of the syllabary. As part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, this glyph helps preserve and digitally represent the writing systems of numerous First Nations and Inuit languages across Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14C7 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Na |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14C7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014C7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14c7 |
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 |