U+14FD "ᓽ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+14FD "ᓽ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swo is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "swo" in the Western Cree variant of this script. This character belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was encoded to support the diverse Indigenous languages of Canada that utilize this syllabic orthography. In Western Cree, "ᓽ" functions as a distinct phonetic unit, typically representing a voiceless alveolar fricative followed by a back rounded vowel, and it is used in written texts for languages such as Plains Cree and Woods Cree. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent these languages, facilitating communication, education, and cultural documentation in modern computing environments.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᓽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᓽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x93 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x14FD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000014FD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u14fd |
Unicode Properties