U+ABA3 "ꮣ" Cherokee Small Letter Da Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꮣ
U+ABA3 "ꮣ" Cherokee Small Letter Da is a syllabic character from the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, specifically used to represent the "da" sound in the Cherokee language. This lowercase form corresponds to the uppercase Cherokee letter "Ꮣ" (U+13D3) and is part of the modern Cherokee writing system standardized for digital use. It plays a crucial role in preserving and transmitting the Cherokee language, which uses a unique syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. As a small letter, it follows standard capitalization rules in Cherokee orthography, appearing in contexts such as sentence-internal words and lowercase text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ABA3 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Da |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꮣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꮣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAE 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xABA3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ABA3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaba3 |
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 | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| Case Folding | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| 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 | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꮣ" U+13D3 Cherokee Letter Da |
| 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 |