U+14E3 "ᓣ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+14E3 "ᓣ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwo is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "lwo" in the Western Cree dialect. This script, developed in the 19th century for Indigenous languages in Canada, features characters that combine consonant and vowel sounds into a single glyph, with the shape and orientation of the symbol encoding the vowel. The character "ᓣ" belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was added to support digital representation and preservation of these languages, enabling accurate text processing and communication for West-Cree speakers. Its inclusion ensures that the unique phonetic and cultural identity of the language is maintained in modern computing environments.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᓣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᓣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x93 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x14E3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000014E3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u14e3 |
Unicode Properties