U+3127 "ㄧ" Bopomofo Letter I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3127 "ㄧ" Bopomofo Letter I is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (or Zhuyin Fuhao) writing system, which is primarily employed in Taiwan to teach Mandarin Chinese pronunciation and to annotate Chinese characters. This character represents the vowel sound "i" as in the English word "see" and is a fundamental component in constructing syllables within the Bopomofo syllabary. Its design consists of a single vertical stroke, visually distinguishing it from other Bopomofo letters, and it plays a crucial role in accurately transcribing the phonology of Standard Chinese.

General Properties

Code Point U+3127
Version Added 1.1
Name Bopomofo Letter I
Block Bopomofo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㄧ
HTML Hex Encoding ㄧ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x84 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3127
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003127
C/C++/Java Escape \u3127

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 Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Bopomofo
Script Extensions Bopomofo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Transformed Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter