U+1647 "ᙇ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Initial Z Unicode Character

U+1647 "ᙇ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Initial Z is a typographic unit from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Unicode block specifically used in the Carrier (Dakelh) language of northern British Columbia. It represents the initial consonant sound "Z" in the Carrier writing system, which was adapted from the Ojibwe syllabary to suit the phonetic needs of the language. This character is encoded as part of a distinct set of Aboriginal syllabic forms that differ from the more common Cree or Ojibwe syllabics, reflecting the rich linguistic diversity of Indigenous scripts in Canada.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1647
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Initial Z
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᙇ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᙇ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1647
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001647
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1647

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