U+1524 "ᔤ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Shwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1524 "ᔤ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Shwaa is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound in the Western Cree language, where it denotes a consonant sound similar to "sh" followed by a short "waa" or schwa vowel. This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans for Indigenous languages, and it is used in various Cree dialects to accurately transcribe phonetic distinctions. In digital text, it enables proper representation and preservation of West-Cree orthography, supporting the linguistic heritage of the Cree people in Canada by allowing accurate written communication in their language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1524 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Shwaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1524 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001524 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1524 |
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 |