U+1617 "ᘗ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Je Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1617 "ᘗ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Je is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the Carrier language, which is spoken by the Dakelh people in British Columbia, Canada. This syllabic character corresponds to the phoneme "je" and is part of a writing system devised by missionaries and adapted by Indigenous communities to represent their languages textually. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Carrier language can be accurately preserved and digitally communicated across modern platforms, supporting the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Dakelh people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1617 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Je |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1617 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001617 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1617 |
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 |