U+163D "ᘽ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tlee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+163D "ᘽ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tlee is a glyph from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used in the writing system for the Carrier language (Dakelh) spoken in central British Columbia, Canada. This syllabic character represents a consonant vowel combination, typically denoting the sound "tlee" as part of the Carrier orthography developed by missionaries in the 19th century. Its visual form is composed of a vertical stem with angled markings, following the structural patterns common to Carrier syllabics, which adapt the original Cree syllabary to the distinct phonetic requirements of the Carrier language. The character helps preserve and digitally represent indigenous linguistic heritage, allowing for accurate text processing and documentation of Carrier in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+163D
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tlee
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᘽ
HTML Hex Encoding ᘽ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x98 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x163D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000163D
C/C++/Java Escape \u163d

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