U+11C02 "ð‘°‚" Bhaiksuki Letter I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð‘°‚

U+11C02 "ð‘°‚" Bhaiksuki Letter I represents a vowel in the Bhaiksuki script, a historical Brahmi-derived writing system used primarily in Buddhist manuscripts from around the 11th to 12th centuries CE in regions of present-day India and Nepal. This character is part of the Bhaiksuki block of the Unicode Standard and corresponds to the independent form of the short vowel "i", which is distinct from the dependent vowel sign used when this vowel follows a consonant. The Bhaiksuki script is notable for its calligraphic style and was employed to write Sanskrit and possibly other local languages, making this letter an important element for scholars studying the transmission of Buddhist texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C02
Version Added 9.0
Name Bhaiksuki Letter I
Block Bhaiksuki
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𑰂
HTML Hex Encoding 𑰂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD807 0xDC02
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00011C02
C/C++/Java Escape \ud807\udc02

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 Bhaiksuki
Script Extensions Bhaiksuki
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