U+0987 "ই" Bengali Letter I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ই
U+0987 "ই" Bengali Letter I is the independent vowel form representing the short vowel sound /i/ in the Bengali script, which is used for writing the Bengali, Assamese, and related languages. This character belongs to the Bengali Unicode block and serves as a fundamental building block for spelling words where the vowel occurs at the beginning of a syllable or after a consonant cluster, often combining with consonant diacritics in its dependent form to alter pronunciation. In the Bengali alphabet, it is distinct from the longer vowel "ঈ" and is essential for accurately representing native and borrowed vocabulary in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0987 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter I |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ই |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ই |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0987 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000987 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0987 |