U+0209 "ȉ" Latin Small Letter I with Double Grave Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ȉ
U+0209 "ȉ" Latin Small Letter I with Double Grave is a specialized typographic character used in certain alphabets and linguistic notation systems, particularly in the Latin-based writing of Slovenian and some other Slavic languages where it indicates a specific tonal accent or vowel quality marked by the double grave diacritic. This character is distinct from the standard lowercase "i" and appears in scholarly transcriptions and dictionaries to represent a falling tone or a particular pronunciation nuance. It is encoded in the Latin Extended-B block of Unicode, ensuring its consistent representation across digital platforms for accurate text rendering and language documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0209 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter I with Double Grave |
| Block | Latin Extended-B |
| 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+030F Combining Double Grave Accent |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ȉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ȉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC8 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0209 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000209 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0209 |
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 | "Ȉ" U+0208 Latin Capital Letter I with Double Grave |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ȉ" U+0208 Latin Capital Letter I with Double Grave |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ȉ" U+0208 Latin Capital Letter I with Double Grave |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ȉ" U+0208 Latin Capital Letter I with Double Grave |
| 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 |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |