U+13BA "Ꮊ" Cherokee Letter Me Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+13BA "Ꮊ" Cherokee Letter Me is a syllabic character from the Cherokee syllabary, representing the sound "me" in the Cherokee language. Developed by Sequoyah in the early 19th century, this script was a remarkable innovation that allowed the Cherokee Nation to achieve widespread literacy in their native tongue. The letter Me, like all Cherokee syllabary characters, is used in written communication, cultural preservation, and language revitalization efforts, holding significant historical and linguistic importance for the Cherokee people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+13BA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Letter Me |
| Block | Cherokee |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꮊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꮊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8E 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x13BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000013BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u13ba |
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 |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ꮊ" U+AB8A Cherokee Small Letter Me |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ꮊ" U+AB8A Cherokee Small Letter Me |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Script | Cherokee |
| Script Extensions | Cherokee |
| 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 | Upper |