U+104D8 "𐓘" Osage Small Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐓘
U+104D8 "𐓘" Osage Small Letter A is a part of the Osage script, which was created in the early 19th century for writing the Osage language spoken by the Osage Nation. This specific character represents the lowercase version of the vowel sound "a" in the Osage alphabet. It belongs to the Osage block of the Unicode Standard, encoded in 2014 to support the digital preservation and revitalization of the Osage language. The character's design is derived from the Latin alphabet with distinct modifications to represent unique Osage phonetic qualities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+104D8 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Osage Small Letter A |
| Block | Osage |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐓘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐓘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x93 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDCD8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000104D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udcd8 |
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 | "𐒰" U+104B0 Osage Capital Letter A |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "𐒰" U+104B0 Osage Capital Letter A |
| Uppercase Code Point | "𐒰" U+104B0 Osage Capital Letter A |
| Titlecase Code Point | "𐒰" U+104B0 Osage Capital Letter A |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Osage |
| Script Extensions | Osage |
| 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 |