U+13F9 "ᏹ" Cherokee Small Letter Yi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+13F9 "ᏹ" Cherokee Small Letter Yi is a character from the Cherokee syllabary, representing the syllable pronounced as "yi" in the Cherokee language. It is part of the Cherokee block within Unicode, specifically designated as the lowercase form of the corresponding uppercase character U+13B9. This letter is used in modern written Cherokee to denote the sound /ji/ and appears in Cherokee dictionaries, educational materials, and digital texts to preserve and support the ongoing revitalization of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+13F9 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Yi |
| Block | Cherokee |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᏹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᏹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8F 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x13F9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000013F9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u13f9 |
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 |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| Case Folding | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ᏹ" U+13F1 Cherokee Letter Yi |
| 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 | Lower |