U+14CC "ᓌ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Nwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᓌ
U+14CC "ᓌ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Nwa is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the writing system used for the Western Cree language. This character is formed by combining a consonant sound resembling "n" with the vowel "wa," creating a single syllabic unit. It is part of a broader script developed for Indigenous languages in Canada, particularly for the Plains Cree and Woods Cree dialects, and is used in written texts to preserve and transmit the language. The character’s design follows the geometric patterns common to Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, with distinct strokes that differentiate it from similar syllabics in the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14CC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Nwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14CC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014CC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14cc |
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 |