U+165D "ᙝ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tse Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+165D "ᙝ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tse is a single glyph representing the syllable "tse" in the Carrier language, a member of the Athabaskan language family spoken primarily in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada. It belongs to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block and was created for use in writing Carrier orthography, where it appears as a distinct character formed by a specific combination of a consonant and a vowel shape. The glyph visually resembles a small uppercase "T" or a reversed hook attached to a baseline, reflecting the systematic design of the script that missionaries and linguists adapted from Cree syllabics in the 19th century. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation and preservation of this unique written form.

General Properties

Code Point U+165D
Version Added 3.0
Name Canadian Syllabics Carrier Tse
Block Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᙝ
HTML Hex Encoding ᙝ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x99 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x165D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000165D
C/C++/Java Escape \u165d

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