U+0A3F "ਿ" Gurmukhi Vowel Sign I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਿ
U+0A3F "ਿ" Gurmukhi Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily employed for writing the Punjabi language. This vowel sign represents the short vowel sound /ɪ/, similar to the 'i' in the English word "bit", and it is always placed above a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel. As a dependent vowel sign, it cannot stand alone and must be attached to a Gurmukhi base character in Unicode encoded text, playing an essential role in accurately representing the phonetic structure of Punjabi words.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A3F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Vowel Sign I |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| 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 0xA8 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A3F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a3f |