U+14D3 "ᓓ" Canadian Syllabics Le Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᓓ
U+14D3 "ᓓ" Canadian Syllabics Le is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "le" in certain Indigenous writing systems of Canada, such as Inuktitut and Cree. This script was developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe the sounds of Algonquian and Eskimo-Aleut languages, using a combination of rotated and modified shapes to denote different vowels. The character "ᓓ" is part of a broader set that allows for the accurate written representation of these languages, preserving and supporting cultural and linguistic heritage in digital and printed forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14D3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Le |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14D3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014D3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14d3 |
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 |