U+18D3 "ᣓ" Canadian Syllabics Rwa Unicode Character

U+18D3 "ᣓ" Canadian Syllabics Rwa is a glyph that represents a specific syllable in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, which is used primarily for languages such as Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut, and others across Canada. This character encodes the consonant-vowel combination of an "r" sound followed by a "wa" vowel, contributing to the script's ability to capture the phonetic structure of these Indigenous languages in a single, compact symbol. The Canadian Syllabics block, where this character resides, was added to the Unicode Standard to support the preservation and digital representation of these historically and culturally significant writing systems, allowing for accurate text rendering in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+18D3
Version Added	5.2
Name	Canadian Syllabics Rwa
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᣓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᣓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA3 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x18D3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000018D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u18d3

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