U+1645 "ᙅ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Za Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1645 "ᙅ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Za is a glyph belonging to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which represents a specific phonetic syllable in the Carrier language, an indigenous language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character corresponds to the sound "za" and is used within the Carrier writing system, a syllabary developed by missionaries in the 19th century for transcribing the language. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text and documents can accurately preserve and display this unique script, supporting the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Carrier people in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1645 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Za |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1645 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001645 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1645 |
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 |