U+13D7 "Ꮧ" Cherokee Letter Di Unicode Character

U+13D7 "Ꮧ" Cherokee Letter Di is a distinct character in the Cherokee syllabary, representing the syllable "di," which is pronounced similarly to the English "dee." This syllabary was invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century and is used to write the Cherokee language, an Iroquoian language spoken primarily in Oklahoma and North Carolina. The glyph itself has a rounded, cursive appearance, reflecting the script's design. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character ensures that Cherokee text can be digitally stored, transmitted, and displayed consistently across modern computing platforms, helping to preserve and promote the language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13D7
Version Added	3.0
Name	Cherokee Letter Di
Block	Cherokee
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	Ꮧ
HTML Hex Encoding	Ꮧ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x8F 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0x13D7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000013D7
C/C++/Java Escape	\u13d7

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	"ꮧ" U+ABA7 Cherokee Small Letter Di
Lowercase Code Point	"ꮧ" U+ABA7 Cherokee Small Letter Di
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