U+AB8E "ꮎ" Cherokee Small Letter Na Unicode Character
U+AB8E "ꮎ" Cherokee Small Letter Na is a lowercase representation of the Cherokee syllable "Na," which is used in the modern Cherokee writing system to transcribe the sound of the consonant "n" followed by the vowel "a." This character belongs to the Cherokee Small Letters block, introduced in Unicode version 8.0 in 2015 to provide a proper lowercase counterpart to the traditionally uppercase Cherokee script. In Cherokee orthography, it is written with a distinctive shape that resembles a stylized "V" with a tail, reflecting the syllabary created by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. This small letter form is essential for proper casing in Cherokee text, enabling standard capitalization rules in digital communication and preserving the linguistic integrity of the Cherokee language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB8E |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Na |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꮎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꮎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAE 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB8E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB8E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab8e |
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 | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| Case Folding | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| 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 | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꮎ" U+13BE Cherokee Letter Na |
| 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 |