U+0A87 "ઇ" Gujarati Letter I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0A87 "ઇ" Gujarati Letter I is a vowel in the Gujarati script, representing the short vowel sound /i/ as in the English word "sit." It is typically used as an independent character at the beginning of a syllable or as a diacritical mark (a vowel sign) attached to a consonant, where it appears as a preceding symbol. This letter is part of the Gujarati block in Unicode and is derived from the Brahmic script family, playing a key role in writing languages like Gujarati and Kachchi.

General Properties

Code Point U+0A87
Version Added 1.1
Name Gujarati Letter I
Block Gujarati
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ઇ
HTML Hex Encoding ઇ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xAA 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0A87
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000A87
C/C++/Java Escape \u0a87

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
Script Gujarati
Script Extensions Gujarati
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter