U+AB96 "ꮖ" Cherokee Small Letter Qua Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꮖ
U+AB96 "ꮖ" Cherokee Small Letter Qua is a lowercase letter used in the Cherokee syllabary, specifically representing the sound "qua" as part of the modern written form of the Cherokee language. It belongs to the Cherokee Small Letters block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to allow for proper casing in Cherokee text, much like Latin uppercase and lowercase distinctions. This character is typically employed in conjunction with its uppercase counterpart, U+13B6 "Ꮆ" Cherokee Letter Qua, to write Cherokee words and sentences correctly, supporting the language's ongoing revitalization and digital accessibility.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB96 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Qua |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꮖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꮖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAE 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab96 |
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 | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| Case Folding | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| 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 | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꮖ" U+13C6 Cherokee Letter Qua |
| 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 |