U+AB85 "ꮅ" Cherokee Small Letter Li Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꮅ
U+AB85 "ꮅ" Cherokee Small Letter Li is a character from the Cherokee syllabary, representing the syllable "li" in the Cherokee language. It belongs to the Cherokee supplement block in Unicode, specifically encoded as the small letter form used in modern Cherokee writing systems. This character is part of a set of lowercase Cherokee letters that were added to Unicode to support the standard orthography of the Cherokee language, which is written in a unique syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. The letter ꮅ is used in contemporary Cherokee texts, including educational materials, literature, and digital communications, helping to preserve and promote the endangered Cherokee language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB85 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Li |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꮅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꮅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAE 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB85 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB85 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab85 |
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 | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| Case Folding | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| 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 | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꮅ" U+13B5 Cherokee Letter Li |
| 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 |