Latin Small Letter I
Part of Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126
On Windows, hold Alt and type 105 on the numeric keypad to insert latin small letter i.
- Alt code
- Alt+105
- HTML entity
- i
- Unicode
- U+0069
About this symbol
The dot over i, called a tittle, was added by medieval scribes. Letters such as i, m, n and u were written with the same short strokes, so a run of them was hard to read, and a mark over the i made it stand out.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- LATIN SMALL LETTER I
- Type
- Lowercase letter
- Unicode block
- Basic Latin
- Unicode group
- Lowercase Latin alphabet
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Unicode notes
- Turkish and Azerbaijani use 0130 for uppercase
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126 chart for related characters.