U+1628 "ᘨ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dlu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᘨ
U+1628 "ᘨ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dlu is a glyph from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used to represent a syllable in the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character is formed by a distinct combination of strokes that denote the sound "dlu" and is part of a writing system developed in the 19th century by missionaries to facilitate literacy among First Nations communities. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text and modern communication can accurately preserve and transmit this culturally significant script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1628 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dlu |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1628 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001628 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1628 |
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 |