U+1664 "ᙤ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Chee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1664 "ᙤ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Chee is a letter in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script used to write the Carrier language, also known as Dakelh, spoken primarily in central British Columbia, Canada. This character represents the syllabic sound "chee" and is part of the larger syllabary developed in the 19th century by missionaries, adapted for various Indigenous languages. The glyph combines a leftward leaning wedge with a rightward curling descender, distinguishing it from other related syllabic characters. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Carrier community and linguists can digitally preserve and transmit this unique writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1664 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Carrier Chee |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᙤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᙤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x99 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1664 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001664 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1664 |
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 |