U+153C "ᔼ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+153C "ᔼ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywaa is a letter used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "ywaa" in the West Cree dialect. It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the diverse Indigenous languages of Canada. This character is formed by combining a basic syllabic shape with a dot diacritic to indicate a long vowel sound, and it is utilized in writing West Cree words where the "ywaa" syllable occurs. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital text processing and preservation of the Cree language, facilitating communication and education in communities that use this script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+153C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Ywaa |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᔼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᔼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x94 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x153C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000153C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u153c |
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 |