U+023C "ȼ" Latin Small Letter C with Stroke Unicode Character

U+023C "ȼ" Latin Small Letter C with Stroke is a modified letter used in certain Latin-based orthographies, most notably in the Saanich and other Salishan languages of the Pacific Northwest, where it represents a specific ejective or glottalized sound that differs from the standard C. Its visual form consists of a standard lowercase "c" with a horizontal line, or stroke, passing through its upper loop, which serves as a diacritical marker to distinguish it from the plain letter. While uncommon in mainstream European alphabets, this character is crucial for accurate phonetic transcription and the preservation of indigenous language writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+023C
Version Added	4.1
Name	Latin Small Letter C with Stroke
Block	Latin Extended-B
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ȼ
HTML Hex Encoding	ȼ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC8 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x023C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000023C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u023c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ȼ" U+023B Latin Capital Letter C with Stroke
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ȼ" U+023B Latin Capital Letter C with Stroke
Uppercase Code Point	"Ȼ" U+023B Latin Capital Letter C with Stroke
Titlecase Code Point	"Ȼ" U+023B Latin Capital Letter C with Stroke
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower