U+14D5 "ᓕ" Canadian Syllabics Li Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+14D5 "ᓕ" Canadian Syllabics Li is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "li" in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Cree and Inuktitut. It is constructed with a distinctive geometric design, featuring a left-leaning vertical line and a rightward-facing chevron or hook, which visually encodes the consonant-vowel combination. This character is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans, specifically adapted to the phonological structures of these languages, and it is used in modern digital text to preserve and transmit Indigenous linguistic heritage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+14D5
Name
Canadian Syllabics Li
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᓕ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᓕ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x93 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding
0x14D5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000014D5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u14d5
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal