ī Latin Small Letter I With Macron
U+012B
ī
ℹ️ About
The Latin Small Letter I With Macron (ī) is a lowercase vowel character used extensively in linguistic transcription to denote long vowel sounds. It is essential in the romanization of Japanese (Hepburn), Sanskrit (IAST), and Latvian. Technically, it is a canonical decomposition of the base letter ‘i’ (U+0069) and the combining macron (U+0304).
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with ĭ (I with Breve) or ĩ (I with Tilde).
⚡ Codes
HTML
ī
CSS
\012B
Python
\u012B
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