What Ꭿ means
It represents one Cherokee syllable, romanized as hi. The Cherokee syllabary is a writing system in which each character represents a syllable. A lone Ꭿ gives you that sound-unit, not a complete word.
Sequoyah developed the syllabary in 1815–1821 to write the Cherokee language. It let Cherokee speakers record their language in writing; the script later appeared in newspapers, teaching materials, and public signs.
The Cherokee syllabary also influenced the later development of Cree syllabics. Cherokee is an Iroquoian language, related to languages including Cayuga, Seneca, Onondaga, Wyandot-Huron, Tuscarora, Oneida, and Mohawk.
What does Ꭿ mean when someone sends it?
Read it as a Cherokee syllable; a single character leaves the message incomplete.
The spelling “hi” is a romanization of its Cherokee sound, not enough to identify a full word or an English greeting. Ask the sender what word or phrase they meant.
Ꭿ belongs in Cherokee-language writing, including teaching materials and public signs.
“Hi” is the romanization of the Cherokee syllable, not automatically an English greeting.
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Who writes Ꭿ
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Questions people ask
1Why does Ꭿ look like an uppercase letter?
Cherokee typography uses basic forms designed at the height of capital letters, along with separate lowercase forms. Fonts vary in their support, so the basic forms can make Cherokee text look all-capital.
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How to type or find Ꭿ
- Also called
- hi
- Search it as
- Ꭿ · Cherokee hi · Cherokee · Tsalagi · Cherokee syllabary
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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