U+0D07 "ഇ" Malayalam Letter I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ഇ
U+0D07 "ഇ" Malayalam Letter I is the first short vowel in the Malayalam script, representing the sound /i/ as in the English word "pin." It is an independent vowel letter used primarily at the beginning of syllables, and its corresponding vowel sign, ി (U+0D3F), is employed when it follows a consonant to modify the base consonant's inherent vowel. This character is part of the Brahmic family of scripts and is essential for writing numerous words in the Malayalam language, including the first person singular pronoun "ഞാൻ" (ñān) for "I."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D07 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter I |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ഇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ഇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D07 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D07 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d07 |