U+154F "ᕏ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Rwaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+154F "ᕏ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Rwaa is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "rwaa" in the Western Cree language variant. This script was developed by missionaries, most notably James Evans in the 19th century, to transcribe the sounds of various Indigenous languages across Canada. The character visually combines a geometric form, with a central vertical line and a series of small strokes or feet, typical of syllabic writing systems where the orientation and shape of the symbol denote specific vowel and consonant combinations. As part of the broader Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics repertoire, U+154F is used in historical and contemporary Cree texts, contributing to the preservation and written communication of the language.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᕏ
HTML Hex Encoding ᕏ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x95 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x154F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000154F
C/C++/Java Escape \u154f

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