U+1658 "ᙘ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Shi Unicode Character

U+1658 "ᙘ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Shi is a character used in the written form of the Carrier language, an Indigenous language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada, particularly by the Dakelh people. This specific character represents the syllable "shi" and belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, which was added to the Unicode standard to preserve and support the writing systems of various First Nations languages. Its design follows the distinctive syllabic script developed by missionaries in the 19th century, where each character corresponds to a consonant-vowel combination, making "ᙘ" a crucial element for accurately transcribing Carrier texts and maintaining the language's cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1658
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Shi
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᙘ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᙘ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1658
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001658
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1658

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