U+153A "ᔺ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+153A "ᔺ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywa is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound in the Western Cree language variant. This character is used in writing to denote the syllable "ywa," contributing to the phonetic representation of words in West-Cree, an Algonquian language spoken by Indigenous communities in parts of Canada. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and support digital communication for this and related Aboriginal writing systems, ensuring that unique syllabic characters remain accessible in modern text processing and online platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+153A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x153A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000153A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u153a |
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 |