ı is the Unicode character LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I, code point U+0131 (decimal 305) in the Latin Extended-A block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ı, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C4 B1.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0131 |
| Decimal | 305 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C4 B1 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0131 |
| UTF-32 | 00000131 |
| HTML decimal | ı |
| HTML hex | ı |
| HTML named | ı ı |
| CSS | \131 |
| JavaScript | \u0131 |
| JSON | \u0131 |
| Python | \u0131 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I} |
| Java, C# | \u0131 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{131} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0131 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C4%B1 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I |
| Code point | U+0131 (decimal 305) |
| Block | Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- I U+0049 Latin Capital Letter I — Uppercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-A
- ĩ U+0129 Latin Small Letter I With Tilde
- Ī U+012A Latin Capital Letter I With Macron
- ī U+012B Latin Small Letter I With Macron
- Ĭ U+012C Latin Capital Letter I With Breve
- ĭ U+012D Latin Small Letter I With Breve
- Į U+012E Latin Capital Letter I With Ogonek
- į U+012F Latin Small Letter I With Ogonek
- İ U+0130 Latin Capital Letter I With Dot Above
- IJ U+0132 Latin Capital Ligature Ij
- ij U+0133 Latin Small Ligature Ij
- Ĵ U+0134 Latin Capital Letter J With Circumflex
- ĵ U+0135 Latin Small Letter J With Circumflex
- Ķ U+0136 Latin Capital Letter K With Cedilla
- ķ U+0137 Latin Small Letter K With Cedilla
- ĸ U+0138 Latin Small Letter Kra
- Ĺ U+0139 Latin Capital Letter L With Acute
All 128 characters: Latin Extended-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ı?
- Use the named entity ı, or ı (decimal) or ı (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0131?
- C4 B1 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C4%B1.
- How do I write U+0131 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0131. Python: \u0131.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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