U+ABB6 "ꮶ" Cherokee Small Letter Tso Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꮶ
U+ABB6 "ꮶ" Cherokee Small Letter Tso is part of the Cherokee script, specifically representing the syllabic sound "tso" in lowercase form. This character was added to the Unicode Standard to support the Cherokee language, which uses a unique syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. As a small letter, it is typically used in modern Cherokee writing to represent the same sound as its uppercase counterpart, U+13B6, but in contexts like running text or lowercase alphabetic usage. The character helps preserve and digitize the Cherokee language, enabling accurate representation in electronic documents and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ABB6 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Tso |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꮶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꮶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAE 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xABB6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ABB6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uabb6 |
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 | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| Case Folding | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| 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 | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꮶ" U+13E6 Cherokee Letter Tso |
| 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 |