U+1501 "ᔁ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swa Unicode Character

U+1501 "ᔁ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swa is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound in the Western Cree language. This character denotes the syllable "swa," used primarily in Cree orthography to transcribe a consonant-vowel combination common in the language's phonological system. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize Indigenous writing systems, enabling accurate electronic text representation for speakers, scholars, and language revitalization efforts in communities like those in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1501
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swa
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᔁ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᔁ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x94 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1501
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001501
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1501

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