U+14E1 "ᓡ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14E1 "ᓡ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwii is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable used in the Western Cree writing system to denote the sound "lwii". This character, like others in its script, was developed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages phonetically, and it plays a role in preserving and continuing the written tradition of the Swampy Cree and Woods Cree dialects. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation for modern communication, education, and cultural documentation, supporting the linguistic heritage of First Nations communities in Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14E1 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14E1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14e1 |
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 |