U+13E1 "Ꮱ" Cherokee Letter Tlu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ꮱ
U+13E1 "Ꮱ" Cherokee Letter Tlu is a character from the Cherokee syllabary, which was developed in the early 19th century by Sequoyah to write the Cherokee language. This specific character, "Ꮱ," represents the syllable "tlu" and is used in written Cherokee to convey that particular phonetic sound. The syllabary consists of 85 characters, each corresponding to a distinct syllable, and U+13E1 is part of the Unicode block dedicated to Cherokee script, ensuring its digital representation and preservation across modern technology while upholding the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Cherokee people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+13E1 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Letter Tlu |
| Block | Cherokee |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꮱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꮱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8F 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x13E1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000013E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u13e1 |
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 | "ꮱ" U+ABB1 Cherokee Small Letter Tlu |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ꮱ" U+ABB1 Cherokee Small Letter Tlu |
| 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 |