U+1614 "ᘔ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ju Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᘔ
U+1614 "ᘔ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ju is a symbol from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllabic unit used in the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia, Canada. This character combines a vertical stem with a left-facing hook to denote a voiced velar fricative preceded by the vowel "u," though its precise pronunciation can vary by dialect. It forms part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionaries to transcribe Indigenous languages, and its digital encoding ensures the preservation and modern use of this unique script in electronic texts and online communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1614 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Ju |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1614 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001614 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1614 |
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 |