U+AB71 "ꭱ" Cherokee Small Letter E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꭱ
U+AB71 "ꭱ" Cherokee Small Letter E is a lowercase representation of the Latin letter E used in the phonetic transcription of the Cherokee language. It was added to the Unicode standard as part of the Cherokee Supplement block, which provides small letter variants for the Cherokee syllabary to support linguistic and pedagogical works. This character enables precise phonemic notation, allowing scholars and language learners to differentiate between uppercase and lowercase forms in written Cherokee. Its inclusion helps preserve and document the language's phonetic nuances, aiding in revitalization efforts, and it visually mirrors the uppercase "E" found in the standard Cherokee script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB71 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter E |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꭱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꭱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAD 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB71 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab71 |
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 | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| Case Folding | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| 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 | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꭱ" U+13A1 Cherokee Letter E |
| 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 |