U+11307 "𑌇" Grantha Letter I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑌇
U+11307 "𑌇" Grantha Letter I is a vowel character used in the Grantha script, an ancient South Indian writing system primarily employed to write classical Sanskrit and Tamil in religious and scholarly contexts. This character represents the short vowel "i" (similar to the "i" in "pit") and belongs to the independent vowel forms, which are used at the beginning of a word or syllable rather than as a dependent vowel sign attached to a consonant. The Grantha script was historically prevalent in Tamil-speaking regions for preserving Vedic texts and linguistic works, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and interoperability for academic and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11307 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Grantha Letter I |
| Block | Grantha |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑌇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑌇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0x8C 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD804 0xDF07 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011307 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud804\udf07 |