U+154D "ᕍ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree La Unicode Character

U+154D "ᕍ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree La is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "la" in the Western Cree dialect of the Inuktitut and Cree writing systems. This character is composed of a triangular shape with a connecting line, reflecting the syllabic structure of the script, which uses distinct characters for consonant vowel combinations rather than individual letters. It is used primarily in written forms of the Cree language spoken in western Canada, such as in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where it helps preserve and document the phonetic sounds of the language in educational and cultural contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+154D
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics West-Cree La
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᕍ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᕍ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x95 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x154D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000154D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u154d

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