U+14B8 "ᒸ" Canadian Syllabics Mwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+14B8 "ᒸ" Canadian Syllabics Mwaa is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, which was developed primarily for languages such as Cree, Ojibwe, and Inuktitut. This specific character represents the syllabic sound "mwaa," forming part of a larger set of characters that denote consonant-vowel combinations in a featural script where the shape of the symbol indicates the consonant and its orientation or rotation indicates the vowel. The Canadian Syllabics block was added to the Unicode Standard in version 3.0 to support the digital representation of indigenous languages of Canada, helping to preserve and promote their written forms in modern technology.
General Properties
Code Point
U+14B8
Name
Canadian Syllabics Mwaa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᒸ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᒸ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x92 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding
0x14B8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000014B8
C/C++/Java Escape
\u14b8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal