U+14B9 "ᒹ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Mwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+14B9 "ᒹ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Mwaa is a syllabic character used in the writing system for the Western Cree language, representing the sound "mwaa". It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was added to the Unicode standard to support the diverse syllabic scripts used by Indigenous peoples across Canada. This specific glyph combines the basic syllabic shape for the consonant "m" with a diacritic indicating the vowel "waa", reflecting the phonetic structure of the West-Cree dialect. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the Cree language, aiding in communication, education, and cultural documentation for Cree communities.
General Properties
Code Point
U+14B9
Name
Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Mwaa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᒹ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᒹ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x92 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0x14B9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000014B9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u14b9
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal