U+1646 "ᙆ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Z Unicode Character

U+1646 "ᙆ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Z is a glyph used in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics writing system to represent a distinct consonant sound in the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character specifically denotes a voiced fricative sound similar to the English 'z', and it is part of a larger syllabic script developed in the 19th century by missionaries and adapted by Indigenous communities for writing their languages. In modern digital text, the character is encoded in Unicode to ensure its preservation and correct display across different platforms and devices, supporting efforts to maintain and revitalize the Carrier language and its unique orthographic tradition.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1646
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Z
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᙆ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᙆ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1646
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001646
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1646

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