What Ꮈ means
It represents one syllable, romanized lv.
The “v” in Cherokee romanization stands for a nasalized vowel, so “lv” is a guide to the syllable’s sound, not the English letter names “el vee.” Ꭵ represents the standalone v syllable; Ꮈ pairs that vowel with l.
The Cherokee syllabary was developed during 1815–1821 to write Cherokee speech. The Cherokee Nation adopted it in 1825, print type followed in 1827, and the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper used a modified printed form in 1828. Handwritten forms were adapted for print, and the writing system supported newspapers and teaching.
Neutral in Cherokee writing. As of Unicode 16.0.0, font and case support can change its visible form, but not its syllable.
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Who writes Ꮈ
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Questions people ask
1Why does Ꮈ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Cherokee block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find Ꮈ
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- Cherokee lv · lv syllable · Cherokee syllabary · Cherokee keyboard
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Ꮈ\13B8Codes and encoding1 code points
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