U+0197 "Ɨ" Latin Capital Letter I with Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0197 "Ɨ" Latin Capital Letter I with Stroke is a typographic variant of the capital letter I, distinguished by a horizontal stroke bisecting the letter, which is primarily used in the orthographies of several African languages, such as Kako and Mofu, where it represents a distinct vowel sound that is often a high central unrounded vowel. This character is part of the Latin Extended-B block and should not be confused with the similar-looking barred i used in certain phonetic transcription systems. Its visual design ensures clarity in distinguishing it from the standard letter I, making it essential for accurately writing and reading specific linguistic texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0197 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter I with Stroke |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Capital Letter Barred I |
| Block | Latin Extended-B |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ɨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ɨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC6 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0197 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000197 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0197 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ɨ" U+0268 Latin Small Letter I with Stroke |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ɨ" U+0268 Latin Small Letter I with Stroke |
| Simple Case Folding | "ɨ" U+0268 Latin Small Letter I with Stroke |
| Case Folding | "ɨ" U+0268 Latin Small Letter I with Stroke |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ɨ" U+0268 Latin Small Letter I with Stroke |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ɨ" U+0268 Latin Small Letter I with Stroke |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |