U+14E0 "ᓠ" Canadian Syllabics Lwii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᓠ
U+14E0 "ᓠ" Canadian Syllabics Lwii is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the Cree language to represent the syllable sound "lwii." This character is built on a geometric design common to the script, reflecting a system created in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages, and it appears in written texts for communities that use the Roman Catholic or western Cree dialect orthography. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for linguistic documentation and modern communication among speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14E0 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Lwii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14e0 |
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 |