U+0A87 "ઇ" Gujarati Letter I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ઇ
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 |