U+163C "ᘼ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᘼ
U+163C "ᘼ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tle is a glyph within the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllabic character used in the writing system of the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken in central British Columbia, Canada. This character is part of a set of syllabics that function similarly to a syllabary, where each symbol corresponds to a consonant vowel combination, with "Tle" indicating the sound of a "t" followed by an "le" vowel sound. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text can accurately preserve and share the Carrier language, supporting linguistic documentation and revitalization efforts for Indigenous communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+163C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tle |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᘼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᘼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x98 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x163C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000163C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u163c |
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 |