U+1D62 "ᵢ" Latin Subscript Small Letter I Unicode Character

U+1D62 "ᵢ" Latin Subscript Small Letter I is a typographic symbol used primarily in linguistic and phonetic transcriptions to indicate a subscript form of the letter i, most commonly appearing as a diacritic or modifying mark in systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet. It often denotes a specific vowel quality, place of articulation, or serves as a subscript in chemical formulas and mathematical notations to represent an index or variable. This character falls within the Unicode superscripts and subscripts block and is distinct from other subscripted letters due to its small, lowered position relative to the baseline, ensuring clear differentiation in text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D62
Version Added	4.0
Name	Latin Subscript Small Letter I
Block	Phonetic Extensions
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Sub
Decomposition Mapping	"i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᵢ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᵢ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB5 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1D62
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001D62
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1d62

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Case Ignorable	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I
NFKC Simple Casefold	"i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Soft Dotted	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower