U+14C9 "ᓉ" Canadian Syllabics Nwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14C9 "ᓉ" Canadian Syllabics Nwe is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a syllabic sound in several Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibwe. This specific glyph denotes the syllable "nwe" or a similar glided consonant-vowel combination, formed by combining the basic "n" series with a "we" vowel orientation. In its various orthographic contexts, it is used to write words and names within these languages, contributing to the preservation and digital representation of Indigenous scripts that are essential for education, cultural heritage, and communication in many First Nations and Inuit communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14C9 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Nwe |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14c9 |
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 |