U+164C "ᙌ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dzi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+164C "ᙌ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dzi is a glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable from the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character is constructed to denote the sound "dzi" and is part of a writing system developed by missionaries and adapted by indigenous communities to transcribe their languages. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the Carrier language, supporting linguistic revitalization efforts and ensuring that this syllable can be correctly typed, stored, and displayed across modern digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+164C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Dzi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x164C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000164C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u164c |
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 |