U+1662 "ᙢ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Cho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᙢ
U+1662 "ᙢ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Cho is a character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing the Carrier language syllable "cho." This script was developed in the 19th century by missionaries and Indigenous linguists to write various First Nations languages, and "ᙢ" functions as a syllabic unit in the Carrier writing system, where characters denote entire syllables rather than individual letters. The character is composed of a rotated "v" shape with a smaller "c" attached, reflecting the visual structure typical of Carrier syllabics, and it is used in contexts such as language preservation, education, and cultural documentation among the Dakelh (Carrier) people of British Columbia, Canada.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1662 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Cho |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1662 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001662 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1662 |
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 |