U+09BF "ি" Bengali Vowel Sign I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+09BF "ি" Bengali Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Bengali script to represent the independent vowel sound /i/ when attached to a consonant letter. In writing, it appears as a small, curled sign placed to the left of a consonant glyph, altering the inherent vowel of that consonant from /ɔ/ or /o/ to /i/. As a vowel sign, it is distinguished from the independent form of the vowel I (ই, U+0987) and is essential for correctly spelling a vast number of words in Bengali, the primary language of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
General Properties
Code Point
U+09BF
Name
Bengali Vowel Sign I
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ি
HTML Hex Encoding
ি
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA6 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x09BF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000009BF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u09bf
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bengali