U+14E4 "ᓤ" Canadian Syllabics Lwoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14E4 "ᓤ" Canadian Syllabics Lwoo is used in the Inuktitut and Cree writing systems to represent a specific syllable sound. It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, an essential part of the script devised by missionary James Evans in the 19th century for Indigenous languages in Canada. The character denotes the consonant 'l' combined with the vowel sound 'woo,' contributing to the phonetic representation of words in these languages, where syllabic scripts are traditionally written vertically or horizontally. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for speakers, writers, and linguists working with Canadian Aboriginal languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14E4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Lwoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14E4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14e4 |
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 |