U+1621 "ᘡ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Jja Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᘡ
U+1621 "ᘡ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Jja is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system, specifically within the Carrier language orthography of British Columbia, Canada. This character represents the voiced palatal affricate sound, similar to the "j" sound in English, as part of a syllabic block containing a consonant and an inherent vowel, or with modifiers for specific vowels. While not as widely used as some other syllabics, it is an essential component for accurately writing certain Carrier words and preserving the linguistic heritage of the Dakelh people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1621 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Jja |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1621 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001621 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1621 |
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 |