What Ꮢ means
It writes one Cherokee syllable. Read Ꮢ as sv: in Cherokee romanization, v represents a nasalized vowel, roughly like the vowel in “but” with nasal airflow. The syllable’s meaning depends on the Cherokee word around it, so a lone Ꮢ is a piece of writing that needs context.
Sequoyah developed the Cherokee syllabary between 1815 and 1821 as a writing system fitted to Cherokee speech. The Cherokee Nation adopted it in 1825, and the Cherokee Phoenix used it in bilingual print from 1828. Cherokee writing continues in education, public signs, and digital tools.
Is Ꮢ the Latin letter P?
No; it is a Cherokee syllable. Some fonts make Ꮢ resemble Latin P because Cherokee letterforms were adapted for printing. That resemblance does not give it the English sound. Within the Cherokee syllabary, Ꮝ writes s and Ꮢ writes sv.
Neutral in Cherokee writing; alone, it identifies a syllable rather than signaling a chat tone.
Read Ꮢ as Cherokee sv, not Latin P or the Latin letters sv.
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Questions people ask
1Why does Ꮢ sometimes appear as ꮢ?
It is the lowercase form. ꮢ is the lowercase Cherokee counterpart of Ꮢ and represents the same sv syllable.
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Ꮢ\13D2sv entry in a Cherokee syllabary layout; key mappings vary by layout.sv; an English layout types two Latin letters instead.Codes and encoding1 code points
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