U+161D "ᘝ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Jjo Unicode Character

U+161D "ᘝ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Jjo is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable in the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character denotes the sound "jjo," where the initial consonant is a voiced palatal affricate and is followed by the vowel "o," and it is part of a writing system developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages phonetically. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures its digital preservation and supports the continued use and revitalization of the Carrier writing system in modern technology and communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+161D
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Jjo
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᘝ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᘝ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x98 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x161D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000161D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u161d

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