U+14DC "ᓜ" Canadian Syllabics Lwe Unicode Character

U+14DC "ᓜ" Canadian Syllabics Lwe is a character in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable sound in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree and Inuktitut. It is composed of a triangle and a series of lines oriented to indicate the consonant "l" combined with the vowel "we," following the syllabic writing system's structural logic where shape and orientation denote distinct phonetic values. This character is used in written forms of these languages to preserve and transmit linguistic heritage, and its digital encoding ensures it can be properly displayed and exchanged across modern electronic devices and platforms.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᓜ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᓜ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x93 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0x14DC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000014DC
C/C++/Java Escape	\u14dc

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