U+14D8 "ᓘ" Canadian Syllabics Loo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+14D8 "ᓘ" Canadian Syllabics Loo is a single character used in the writing systems of Indigenous Canadian languages, particularly within the Cree and Inuktitut syllabaries, where it represents the consonant-vowel combination of the "l" sound followed by the long "oo" vowel. This character is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was encoded to preserve and support the digital representation of these historically significant scripts. Its shape, a central vertical line with a small circle attached to its top right, follows the geometric and rotated pattern typical of the syllabary system, and it is still actively used in modern texts, educational materials, and official documents for languages like Eastern and Western Cree.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᓘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᓘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x93 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x14D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000014D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u14d8 |
Unicode Properties