U+1622 "ᘢ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Lu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1622 "ᘢ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Lu is a specific glyph within the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing the syllable "lu" in the Carrier language, also known as Dakelh, which is spoken by the Carrier people in central British Columbia, Canada. This script was originally developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages, and U+1622 holds linguistic and cultural significance as part of a writing system that helps preserve and transmit the Carrier language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1622 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Lu |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1622 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001622 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1622 |
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 |