U+ABAA "ꮪ" Cherokee Small Letter Du Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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