U+18B9 "ᢹ" Canadian Syllabics Kway Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+18B9 "ᢹ" Canadian Syllabics Kway is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the writing system used for several Indigenous languages in Canada, particularly within the Inuktitut and Cree linguistic families. This character denotes the sound "kway" and is formed by combining the consonant "k" with a final "way" or "w" series diacritic, reflecting the syllabic structure common to these orthographies. Its usage helps preserve and transmit the phonetic nuances of languages that rely on this unique script, which was developed in the 19th century for missionary and educational purposes and remains culturally significant today.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18B9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Kway |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᢹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᢹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA2 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x18B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000018B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u18b9 |
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 |