U+0B3F "ି" Oriya Vowel Sign I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0B3F "ି" Oriya Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Odia script, primarily for writing the Odia language of eastern India. This vowel sign represents the sound /i/ and is placed above the consonant character it modifies, altering its inherent vowel to produce the long "ee" sound. It is distinct from the independent vowel "ଇ" and functions exclusively as a dependent sign in syllable formation. Correct rendering of this character requires proper alignment with its base consonant, and it appears within the Unicode block for Oriya script, which supports the linguistic needs of over 40 million speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B3F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Oriya Vowel Sign I |
| Block | Oriya |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ି |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ି |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAC 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B3F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b3f |