U+1536 "ᔶ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᔶ
U+1536 "ᔶ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywo is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, specifically representing the West-Cree language form for the syllable "ywo." This character is part of a unified writing system developed in the 19th century for various Indigenous languages in Canada, where each syllabic character denotes a consonant vowel combination. The "ᔶ" character embodies a rounded top with a horizontal midline and a vertical stem, following the typical geometric structure of the script. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the West-Cree variant is digitally preserved, supporting the revitalization and accurate representation of Indigenous languages in modern text and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1536 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywo |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1536 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001536 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1536 |
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 |