U+1640 "ᙀ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Zu Unicode Character

U+1640 "ᙀ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Zu is a glyph in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used to represent a syllable in the Carrier language, which is spoken by the Dakelh people in British Columbia, Canada. This character encodes the sound "zu" and is part of a writing system developed primarily by missionaries and linguists in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages. The shape of "ᙀ" resembles a stylized, geometric form typical of Carrier syllabics, connecting it to the broader cultural and linguistic heritage of the Canadian First Nations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1640
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Zu
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᙀ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᙀ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1640
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001640
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1640

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