U+13E9 "Ꮹ" Cherokee Letter Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+13E9 "Ꮹ" Cherokee Letter Wa is a character from the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. It represents the syllable "wa," pronounced like the "wa" in "wasp," and is used in the modern Cherokee language, particularly for native speakers in the Cherokee Nation and other Cherokee communities. This character is part of the Unicode Cherokee block, which includes both uppercase syllabic letters, and is distinct from lowercase forms (such as U+13F9) that are encoded separately. In digital text, it allows for faithful representation of Cherokee words and supports the preservation and revitalization of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+13E9 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Letter Wa |
| Block | Cherokee |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꮹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꮹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8F 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x13E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000013E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u13e9 |
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 | "ꮹ" U+ABB9 Cherokee Small Letter Wa |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ꮹ" U+ABB9 Cherokee Small Letter Wa |
| 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 |