U+1629 "ᘩ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dlo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1629 "ᘩ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dlo is a symbol from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllable in the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken primarily in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada. This character is part of a writing system devised by missionaries and adapted for the Carrier people, where "Dlo" denotes a voiced sound similar to the "dl" cluster in English. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Carrier script can be digitally represented and preserved, supporting the documentation and revitalization of indigenous languages. The character appears as a distinctive glyph combining vertical and horizontal strokes, reflecting the syllabic structure of the Carrier orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+1629
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dlo
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᘩ
HTML Hex Encoding ᘩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x98 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1629
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001629
C/C++/Java Escape \u1629

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