U+151B "ᔛ" Canadian Syllabics Shwii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᔛ
U+151B "ᔛ" Canadian Syllabics Shwii is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the Cree language writing system. It represents a syllabic sound, typically pronounced as "shwii" or a similar consonant-vowel combination, and is part of a larger set of characters developed to accurately transcribe the phonetic structures of Indigenous languages in Canada. The syllabics script, including this character, was historically created to support literacy and preserve these languages, and it remains in use today in educational and cultural contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+151B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Shwii |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x151B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000151B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u151b |
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 |