U+1655 "ᙕ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Sho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1655 "ᙕ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Sho is a letter within the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the syllable "sho" in the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character is part of the writing system developed in the 19th century by missionaries to transcribe Indigenous languages, and it features a distinct angular geometric shape typical of Carrier syllabics, which differ from the more rounded forms of Cree and Ojibwe syllabics. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and access for linguistic documentation, language revitalization efforts, and accurate text rendering in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1655 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Sho |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1655 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001655 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1655 |
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 |