U+14E3 "" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal Source: Browser Default

U+14E3 "" Canadian Syllabics West-Cree Lwo is a character used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically representing the syllable "lwo" in the Western Cree dialect. This script, developed in the 19th century for Indigenous languages in Canada, features characters that combine consonant and vowel sounds into a single glyph, with the shape and orientation of the symbol encoding the vowel. The character "ᓣ" belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block in Unicode, which was added to support digital representation and preservation of these languages, enabling accurate text processing and communication for West-Cree speakers. Its inclusion ensures that the unique phonetic and cultural identity of the language is maintained in modern computing environments.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ᓣ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᓣ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x93 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x14E3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000014E3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u14e3