U+14E7 "ᓧ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14E7 "ᓧ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwa is a glyph used in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block to represent a specific syllable sound in the Western Cree language. It belongs to a script system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe various Indigenous languages of Canada, with this particular character denoting the consonant "l" combined with the vowel "wa". The symbol is visually distinguished by its upright orientation and curved lines, functioning within a larger set of syllabic characters that form the foundation of written Cree. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for modern communication in Indigenous communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14E7 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓧ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓧ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14E7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014E7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14e7 |
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 |