U+0C88 "ಈ" Kannada Letter Ii Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0C88 "ಈ" Kannada Letter Ii is a vowel in the Kannada script used to write the Kannada language primarily in the state of Karnataka, India. It represents the long vowel sound "ii" (like the 'ee' in 'see') and appears as a distinct glyph in Kannada orthography, where it can be used independently as a syllable or combined with consonants using a specific diacritical form. This character is part of the Kannada block in Unicode, encoded under the Brahmic scripts family, and it plays a key role in accurately representing the phonetics and written tradition of Kannada literature and everyday communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+0C88
Version Added 1.1
Name Kannada Letter Ii
Block Kannada
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ಈ
HTML Hex Encoding ಈ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB2 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0C88
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000C88
C/C++/Java Escape \u0c88

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 Kannada
Script Extensions Kannada
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