U+012B "ī" Latin Small Letter I with Macron Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ī
Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+012B "ī" Latin Small Letter I with Macron is a standardized character used in digital text to represent the letter 'i' with a horizontal line, or macron, placed above it. This diacritical mark indicates a long vowel sound in languages such as Latvian, Māori, Hawaiian, and standard romanizations of Japanese, Chinese, and Sanskrit. It is distinct from a simple 'i' combined with a combining macron, as U+012B is a precomposed form, ensuring consistent display and processing across different software and platforms without relying on character combination.

General Properties

Code Point
U+012B
Name
Latin Small Letter I with Macron
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Small Letter I Macron

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ī
HTML Hex Encoding
ī
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC4 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x012B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000012B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u012b