U+1665 "ᙥ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Chi Unicode Character

U+1665 "ᙥ" Canadian Syllabics Carrier Chi is a distinctive glyph from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically representing a syllable in the Carrier language, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia, Canada. This character corresponds to the sound "chi" and is part of a writing system developed by missionaries and adapted by Indigenous communities to accurately transcribe the phonetics of their languages. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that the Carrier language, like other Indigenous scripts, can be preserved and used in digital communication, supporting cultural continuity and literacy efforts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1665
Version Added	3.0
Name	Canadian Syllabics Carrier Chi
Block	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᙥ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᙥ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x99 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1665
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001665
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1665

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