U+14F6 "ᓶ" Canadian Syllabics Swe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+14F6 "ᓶ" Canadian Syllabics Swe is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, used primarily in writing the Cree language and occasionally other Indigenous languages of Canada. It represents the syllable sound "swe," which is a combination of the consonant "s" and the vowel "we." This character is part of a syllabary system developed in the 19th century by missionary James Evans to transcribe Indigenous languages, and it holds cultural and linguistic significance for communities that maintain these writing systems today.
General Properties
Code Point
U+14F6
Name
Canadian Syllabics Swe
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᓶ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᓶ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x93 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x14F6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000014F6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u14f6
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Canadian Aboriginal