U+0C87 "ಇ" Kannada Letter I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಇ
U+0C87 "ಇ" Kannada Letter I is a vowel in the Kannada script, used in the Dravidian language of Kannada primarily spoken in the Indian state of Karnataka. It represents the short vowel sound /i/, similar to the "i" in the English word "hit". In the Kannada writing system, this character can appear as an independent letter at the beginning of a syllable or as a vowel sign when modifying a consonant, where it takes a diacritic form that attaches to the consonant character. As part of the Unicode standard, it ensures consistent encoding and digital representation for this essential component of the Kannada alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C87 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter I |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C87 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C87 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c87 |