U+13DA "Ꮪ" Cherokee Letter Du Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ꮪ
U+13DA "Ꮪ" Cherokee Letter Du is a single glyph representing a specific syllable in the Cherokee script, which was developed by Sequoyah in the early 19th century to write the Cherokee language. This character corresponds to the sound "du" as spoken in Cherokee, and it belongs to the Cherokee block of the Unicode standard, ensuring its consistent representation across digital platforms. As a living letter, "Ꮪ" is used in modern Cherokee texts, including educational materials, literature, and official documents, helping to preserve and promote the language's unique syllabary system. The inclusion of this character in Unicode supports the cultural heritage and digital communication of the Cherokee people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+13DA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Letter Du |
| Block | Cherokee |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꮪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꮪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8F 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x13DA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000013DA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u13da |
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 | "ꮪ" U+ABAA Cherokee Small Letter Du |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ꮪ" U+ABAA Cherokee Small Letter Du |
| 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 |