U+13FC "ᏼ" Cherokee Small Letter Yv Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᏼ
U+13FC "ᏼ" Cherokee Small Letter Yv is part of the Cherokee script used historically for writing the Cherokee language. This specific character represents the syllabic sound "yv," which is pronounced like the "u" in the English word "but." It belongs to the Cherokee Small Letters block of Unicode, which was added to support lowercase forms distinct from the traditional uppercase Cherokee syllables. While the Cherokee language typically uses uppercase syllables in standard writing, the inclusion of small letters like "ᏼ" aids in case-sensitive text processing and typographic flexibility, reflecting efforts to preserve and digitize the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+13FC |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Yv |
| Block | Cherokee |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᏼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᏼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8F 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x13FC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000013FC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u13fc |
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 | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| Case Folding | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| 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 | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ᏼ" U+13F4 Cherokee Letter Yv |
| 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 |