U+0988 "ঈ" Bengali Letter Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ঈ
U+0988 "ঈ" Bengali Letter Ii is a vowel in the Bengali script used primarily for the Assamese and Bengali languages. It represents the long vowel sound /iː/, similar to the 'ee' in the English word "see," and is distinct from the short vowel ই (U+0987). As a standalone character, it appears only at the beginning of a syllable, while in other positions it is represented by a dependent vowel sign (ি) that attaches to the preceding consonant.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0988 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter Ii |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ঈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ঈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0988 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000988 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0988 |