U+1603 "ᘃ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier No Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᘃ
U+1603 "ᘃ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier No is a part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a distinct syllabic character used in the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken in British Columbia, Canada. This specific glyph encodes the syllable "no" in the Carrier writing system, which was developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe the sounds of the language. As a script element, it plays a role in preserving and documenting Carrier linguistic heritage, supporting literacy and cultural revitalization efforts among Carrier communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1603 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier No |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1603 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001603 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1603 |
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 |