U+14E6 "ᓦ" Canadian Syllabics Lwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᓦ
U+14E6 "ᓦ" Canadian Syllabics Lwa is a part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic unit used in the writing systems of several Indigenous languages in Canada, such as Inuktitut and Cree. It denotes the sound "lwa," combining a consonant and a vowel, and is written with a distinctive left-slanting stroke extending from a central vertical line. This character is employed in texts, educational materials, and digital communications to preserve and facilitate the written form of these languages, contributing to the cultural and linguistic heritage of the First Nations and Inuit peoples.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14E6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Lwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14E6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014E6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14e6 |
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 |