U+ABAA "ꮪ" Cherokee Small Letter Du Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꮪ
U+ABAA "ꮪ" Cherokee Small Letter Du is a typographic representation of a syllable in the Cherokee language, specifically the sound "du" in its lowercase form. This character is part of the Cherokee block within the Unicode standard, which was designed to support the written form of the Cherokee syllabary originally developed by Sequoyah. As a small letter, it is used in modern Cherokee text where case distinctions are applied, contrasting with its uppercase counterpart U+13AA "Ꭺ" Cherokee Letter Du. The inclusion of this character in Unicode facilitates digital communication and preservation of the Cherokee language, enabling accurate rendering on computers and mobile devices for speakers and learners alike.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ABAA |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Du |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꮪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꮪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAE 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xABAA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ABAA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uabaa |
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 | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| Case Folding | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| 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 | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꮪ" U+13DA Cherokee Letter Du |
| 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 |