U+14FE "ᓾ" Canadian Syllabics Swoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+14FE "ᓾ" Canadian Syllabics Swoo is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in certain Indigenous languages of Canada, particularly within the Cree language family where it denotes the sound "swoo". This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for transcribing the Cree and Ojibwe languages, and it features a distinctive round top mark over a base consonant shape. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and accessibility for communities that rely on this syllabary, supporting linguistic revitalization and modern communication in educational and cultural contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14FE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Swoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14FE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014FE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14fe |
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 |