U+14E8 "ᓨ" Canadian Syllabics Lwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14E8 "ᓨ" Canadian Syllabics Lwaa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used in the Inuktitut writing system to represent the syllabic sound "lwaa." This character is part of a larger script developed in the 19th century by missionaries to transcribe Indigenous languages in Canada, with this particular syllable being a composite of a consonant and a vowel. The glyph visually consists of a distinctive upward-pointing triangle on the left side with a smaller vertical line to its right, which helps differentiate it from other similar syllables in the set. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text and communication can accurately preserve and share the linguistic heritage of Canadian Aboriginal communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14E8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Lwaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14e8 |
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 |