U+09C0 "ী" Bengali Vowel Sign Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+09C0 "ী" Bengali Vowel Sign Ii is a combining diacritic mark used in the Bengali script to represent the long vowel sound "ii" (a long /i/). It is written as a distinct sign that attaches to the top of a consonant letter, modifying its inherent vowel sound to this specific long vowel, and is often compared to the shorter "i" vowel sign (ি). This character plays an essential role in Bengali orthography for accurately spelling words and distinguishing meaning, as vowel length is significant in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09C0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Vowel Sign Ii |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ী |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ী |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA7 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09C0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09c0 |