U+026A "ɪ" Latin Letter Small Capital I Unicode Character

U+026A "ɪ" Latin Letter Small Capital I is a typographic symbol that represents a small capital version of the letter I, designed to maintain the height of uppercase letters while using the shape of a lowercase form. Primarily used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), it denotes the near-close near-front unrounded vowel sound, as heard in the English word "kit" or the vowel in "bit." This character is distinct from the standard lowercase "i" due to its lack of a tittle or dot, and it is employed in linguistic transcription, phonetics, and some orthographies for languages requiring precise vowel representation. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital rendering across platforms for scholarly and educational purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+026A
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Letter Small Capital I
Block	IPA Extensions
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ɪ
HTML Hex Encoding	ɪ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC9 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x026A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000026A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u026a

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ɪ" U+A7AE Latin Capital Letter Small Capital I
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ɪ" U+A7AE Latin Capital Letter Small Capital I
Uppercase Code Point	"Ɪ" U+A7AE Latin Capital Letter Small Capital I
Titlecase Code Point	"Ɪ" U+A7AE Latin Capital Letter Small Capital I
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