U+13C8 "Ꮘ" Cherokee Letter Qui Unicode Character

U+13C8 "Ꮘ" Cherokee Letter Qui is a syllabic character used in the modern written form of the Cherokee language, representing the sound "qui" as in the English word "queen." It is part of the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century, which consists of 85 distinct characters for different syllables. This specific letter belongs to the group of characters that use the base consonant "q" combined with the vowel sound "i," and it appears in the Unicode block for Cherokee, which was added in version 3.0 of the standard in 1999 to support digital preservation of the language. The character is still actively used in Cherokee writing today, including in educational materials, religious texts, and official communications within Cherokee communities.