U+012F "į" Latin Small Letter I with Ogonek Unicode Character
U+012F "į" Latin Small Letter I with Ogonek is a distinct grapheme used primarily in the orthographies of several languages, including Lithuanian, where it represents a long or nasalized vowel sound, and in some Indigenous languages of North America. This character combines a standard lowercase letter "i" with an ogonek, a diacritical mark resembling a small hook or tail attached to the bottom right of the letter. The ogonek indicates specific phonetic properties, such as nasalization or length, depending on the language. The character is encoded in the Latin Extended-A block of Unicode and should not be confused with a plain "i" or other similar characters, as its inclusion ensures proper text representation and processing for digital communication in these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+012F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter I with Ogonek |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Small Letter I Ogonek |
| Block | Latin Extended-A |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I "̨" U+0328 Combining Ogonek |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | į |
| HTML Hex Encoding | į |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC4 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x012F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000012F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u012f |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Į" U+012E Latin Capital Letter I with Ogonek |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Į" U+012E Latin Capital Letter I with Ogonek |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Į" U+012E Latin Capital Letter I with Ogonek |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Į" U+012E Latin Capital Letter I with Ogonek |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Soft Dotted | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |