U+ABB9 "ꮹ" Cherokee Small Letter Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꮹ
U+ABB9 "ꮹ" Cherokee Small Letter Wa is a lowercase letter used in the modern written form of the Cherokee language, representing the syllable "wa" in the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system developed by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. This character is part of the Cherokee block within Unicode and corresponds to its uppercase counterpart, U+13B9 "Ꮉ" Cherokee Letter Wa, which is used to indicate proper nouns or the beginning of sentences. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent the Cherokee language, supporting the preservation and revitalization of Cherokee literacy and cultural heritage in electronic communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ABB9 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cherokee Small Letter Wa |
| Block | Cherokee Supplement |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꮹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꮹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAE 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xABB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ABB9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uabb9 |
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 | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| Simple Case Folding | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| Case Folding | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| 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 | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "Ꮹ" U+13E9 Cherokee Letter Wa |
| 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 |