U+13D5 "Ꮥ" Cherokee Letter De Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+13D5 "Ꮥ" Cherokee Letter De is a character from the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system created by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. Representing the syllable "de" in the Cherokee language, this character is used in the Eastern Cherokee dialect and is part of the Unicode Cherokee block, which ensures its consistent representation across digital platforms. It serves as a vital tool for preserving and transmitting Cherokee culture, enabling written communication in a language spoken by Indigenous communities primarily in the southeastern United States.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+13D5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Letter De |
| Block | Cherokee |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꮥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꮥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8F 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x13D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000013D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u13d5 |
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 | "ꮥ" U+ABA5 Cherokee Small Letter De |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ꮥ" U+ABA5 Cherokee Small Letter De |
| 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 |