U+AB7C "ꭼ" Cherokee Small Letter Gv Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꭼ
U+AB7C "ꭼ" Cherokee Small Letter Gv is a lowercase letter used in the Cherokee syllabary, specifically representing the syllable pronounced like "gv" (a voiced velar consonant followed by a distinctive nasalized vowel). It is part of the Cherokee Small Letters block, which was added to Unicode to support the full phonetic and orthographic rendering of the Cherokee language, particularly in modern or educational contexts where case distinctions are necessary. Unlike the standard uppercase Cherokee syllabary, this small letter form helps denote proper noun capitalization or stylistic emphasis while maintaining the unique sound and structure of the Cherokee writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB7C |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Gv |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꭼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꭼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAD 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB7C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB7C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab7c |
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 | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| Case Folding | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| 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 | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꭼ" U+13AC Cherokee Letter Gv |
| 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 |