U+1503 "ᔃ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1503 "ᔃ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swaa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in the Western Cree writing system. It is composed of a rotated or modified shape that indicates the consonant sound "s" combined with the vowel "waa," making it part of a larger set of characters designed to transcribe Cree languages. This character, like others in the syllabary, is utilized in written forms of Indigenous languages across Canada, particularly in regions where West-Cree is spoken, to preserve and promote linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1503 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Swaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1503 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001503 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1503 |
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 |