U+164A "ᙊ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dze Unicode Character

U+164A "ᙊ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dze is a syllabic letter used in the writing system of the Carrier or Dakelh language, an Indigenous language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. It represents the consonant sound "dz" and is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, a standardized set of characters developed to support various Indigenous languages in Canada. This specific character, like others in the Carrier syllabary, demonstrates the adaptation of the original Cree syllabic script to fit the phonetic needs of the Carrier language, playing a role in preserving and revitalizing Indigenous literacy and cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+164A
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dze
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᙊ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᙊ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x164A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000164A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u164a

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