U+14DD "ᓝ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+14DD "ᓝ" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwe is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic character used in the Western Cree writing system to denote the sound "lwe". This script was developed in the 19th century primarily by missionary James Evans to transcribe the Cree languages, and it functions as a distinct syllabic unit rather than a sequence of individual letters. The character is encoded for digital text to preserve and support the linguistic heritage of the Cree people, particularly in contexts like language revitalization and typographic design.
General Properties
Code Point
U+14DD
Name
Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwe
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᓝ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᓝ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x93 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding
0x14DD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000014DD
C/C++/Java Escape
\u14dd
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal