U+15DC "ᗜ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Thu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᗜ
U+15DC "ᗜ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Thu is a character from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "thu" in the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken primarily in British Columbia, Canada. This character combines a geometric circular shape with a vertical line descending from its center, reflecting the syllabic writing system developed for First Nations languages by missionaries in the 19th century. As part of the standardized Unicode repertoire, it enables digital representation and preservation of Carrier texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+15DC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Thu |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᗜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᗜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x97 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x15DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000015DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u15dc |
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 |