U+1409 "ᐉ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier I Unicode Character

U+1409 "ᐉ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier I is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the vowel sound "i" in the Carrier language, an Athabaskan language spoken by the Carrier people in British Columbia, Canada. This character is part of a syllabic writing system developed by missionaries in the 19th century, adapted from the Cree syllabary, and is used to write the Carrier language in a distinct orthography. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures digital preservation and support for this indigenous script, enabling accurate representation in modern text processing and communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1409
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier I
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᐉ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᐉ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x90 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1409
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001409
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1409

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
Script	Canadian Aboriginal
Script Extensions	Canadian Aboriginal
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter