U+1602 "ᘂ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Nu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᘂ
U+1602 "ᘂ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Nu is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a syllabic unit used in writing the Carrier language (Dakelh) spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This specific character denotes a "nu" sound and is part of a writing system originally developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and support digital communication for Carrier speakers, though the script is distinct from the more widely known Inuktitut and Cree syllabaries, featuring unique shapes and sound values tailored to Carrier phonology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1602 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Nu |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1602 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001602 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1602 |
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 |