U+14F8 "ᓸ" Canadian Syllabics Swi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14F8 "ᓸ" Canadian Syllabics Swi is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the writing systems used for several Indigenous languages of Canada, most notably Cree and Ojibwe. This character corresponds to the sound "swi" and is formed through the combination of a consonant-like shape with a rotated or mirrored diacritic mark that modifies the vowel component, following the syllabic script's logic where rotation or orientation of a base character indicates a different vowel. It is used in historical and contemporary texts, contributing to the standardized Unicode encoding that supports digital preservation and communication for these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14F8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Swi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14F8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14f8 |
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 |