U+14FF "ᓿ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᓿ
U+14FF "ᓿ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swoo is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block and represents a specific phonetic syllable used in the Western Cree language and other related Indigenous writing systems of Canada. This character is formed by a combination of a basic consonant shape and a diacritic or orientation mark that denotes the vowel sound "swoo," contributing to the systematic representation of Cree phonology through a syllabic script. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that texts in West-Cree can be accurately typed, displayed, and exchanged across digital platforms, supporting the preservation and revitalization of Indigenous languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14FF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swoo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᓿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᓿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x93 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x14FF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000014FF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u14ff |
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 |