U+14ED "ᓭ" Canadian Syllabics Se Unicode Character

U+14ED "ᓭ" Canadian Syllabics Se is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "se" in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Inuktitut and Cree. Its glyph depicts a distinctive angular shape with an open right side, common in the script designed by missionary James Evans in the 19th century to transcribe Algonquian and Inuit languages. This character is part of a writing system that uses orientation, rotation, and diacritics to denote vowel values, and it plays a vital role in preserving and digitally representing the linguistic heritage of Indigenous communities across northern North America.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14ED
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Se
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᓭ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᓭ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x93 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x14ED
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000014ED
C/C++/Java Escape	\u14ed

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