U+14CD "ᓍ" Canadian Syllabics Nwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14CD "ᓍ" Canadian Syllabics Nwaa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "nwaa" as used in several indigenous languages of Canada, including Cree and Inuktitut. Its distinctive form features a central vertical stem with a horizontal crossbar and a small open counter, typifying the geometric style of the syllabary script. This character encodes a specific phonetic value in writing systems that helped preserve and standardize oral languages, contributing to the broader Unicode effort to support linguistic diversity across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14CD |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Nwaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14CD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14cd |
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 |