U+14DA "ᓚ" Canadian Syllabics La Unicode Character

U+14DA "ᓚ" Canadian Syllabics La is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "la" in the Inuktitut and Cree writing systems developed by missionaries in the 19th century. This character is part of a script designed to transcribe the phonetic sounds of various Indigenous languages across Canada, particularly those in the Algonquian and Eskimo-Aleut language families. Its distinct shape, resembling a vertical line with a rightward hook at the top, reflects the syllabic structure where each character denotes a consonant-vowel combination, and it is still used today in communities for written communication, education, and cultural preservation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14DA
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics La
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᓚ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᓚ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x93 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x14DA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000014DA
C/C++/Java Escape	\u14da

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