U+2C65 "ⱥ" Latin Small Letter A with Stroke Unicode Character

U+2C65 "ⱥ" Latin Small Letter A with Stroke is a specialized letter used primarily in the Sencoten alphabet, a writing system for the Saanich dialect of the North Straits Salish language spoken by indigenous communities in British Columbia, Canada. This character represents a specific vowel sound in that language, functioning as a distinct phoneme rather than a simple variation of the standard Latin letter A. The stroke through the letter visually distinguishes it from the regular lowercase a, ensuring clarity in written texts and aiding in the accurate phonetic representation of the Sencoten language. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard supports the digital preservation and modern usage of this indigenous writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2C65
Version Added	5.0
Name	Latin Small Letter A with Stroke
Block	Latin Extended-C
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⱥ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⱥ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB1 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2C65
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002C65
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2c65

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ⱥ" U+023A Latin Capital Letter A with Stroke
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱥ" U+023A Latin Capital Letter A with Stroke
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⱥ" U+023A Latin Capital Letter A with Stroke
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱥ" U+023A Latin Capital Letter A with Stroke
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower