U+13FC "ᏼ" Cherokee Small Letter Yv Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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