U+164F "ᙏ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier So Unicode Character

U+164F "ᙏ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier So is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable used in the Carrier language, a Dene language spoken in north-central British Columbia, Canada. Its phonetic value corresponds to "so," and it is typically written in a small, compact form resembling a stylized loop or enclosure. This character is part of a larger writing system developed by missionaries in the 19th century to transcribe Indigenous languages, and it plays a role in preserving and revitalizing the Carrier linguistic heritage through digital text and modern communication.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᙏ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᙏ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x164F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000164F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u164f

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