U+0456 "і" Cyrillic Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0456 "і" Cyrillic Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I is a distinct glyph used primarily in the Ukrainian and Belarusian alphabets, where it represents the sound /i/ and is separate from the common Cyrillic "и". Historically, this character was introduced to differentiate the Slavic vowel from the hard or yery sound, and it visually resembles the Latin letter "i" but functions within the Cyrillic script system. In modern usage, it is a standard part of orthography for these languages and is crucial for correct spelling and pronunciation distinctions. The character is encoded in Unicode as part of the Cyrillic block, ensuring proper digital representation and text processing across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0456 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Small Letter I |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | і |
| HTML Hex Encoding | і |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD1 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0456 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000456 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0456 |
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 | "І" U+0406 Cyrillic Capital Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "І" U+0406 Cyrillic Capital Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I |
| Uppercase Code Point | "І" U+0406 Cyrillic Capital Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I |
| Titlecase Code Point | "І" U+0406 Cyrillic Capital Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Script Extensions | Cyrillic |
| 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 |