U+1517 "ᔗ" Canadian Syllabics Shwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1517 "ᔗ" Canadian Syllabics Shwe is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was designed to represent the sounds of various Indigenous languages in Canada. This specific character denotes a syllable pronounced as "shwe" and is used within certain Algonquian language orthographies, such as those for Cree dialects, where it functions as a distinct phonetic unit. The glyph shape combines a central vertical stem with angled strokes, following the geometric patterns typical of the writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1517 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Shwe |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1517 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001517 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1517 |
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 |