U+14F9 "ᓹ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14F9 "ᓹ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swi is a character in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable used in the Western Cree writing system. This character corresponds to the sound "swi" and is part of a set of syllabic symbols developed to transcribe indigenous languages across Canada, particularly Cree dialects. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that speakers and scholars can digitally preserve, share, and write the West-Cree language accurately.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14F9 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14F9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014F9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14f9 |
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 |