U+2071 "ⁱ" Superscript Latin Small Letter I Unicode Character

U+2071 "ⁱ" Superscript Latin Small Letter I is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription and mathematical notation to represent a superscript version of the lowercase letter "i". It belongs to the Superscripts and Subscripts block and is often employed to indicate a reduced or unstressed vowel sound in linguistic contexts, such as in the International Phonetic Alphabet, or to denote exponentiation or units in scientific writing. When rendered, it appears smaller and elevated above the baseline, allowing it to modify adjacent characters without disrupting line spacing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2071
Version Added	3.2
Name	Superscript Latin Small Letter I
Block	Superscripts and Subscripts
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⁱ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⁱ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x81 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2071
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002071
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2071

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
Soft Dotted	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower