Cursive I — Capital and Lowercase

Copy cursive capital I and lowercase i in four script styles, or learn how to write I in cursive by hand.

Copy Cursive I and i

  • Cursive Script capital I

    ℐ

    U+2110
  • Cursive Script small i

    𝒾

    U+1D4BE
  • Bold Cursive capital I

    𝓘

    U+1D4D8
  • Bold Cursive small i

    𝓲

    U+1D4F2
  • Italic Serif capital I

    𝐼

    U+1D43C
  • Italic Serif small i

    𝑖

    U+1D456
  • Bold Italic Serif capital I

    𝑰

    U+1D470
  • Bold Italic Serif small i

    𝒊

    U+1D48A

These are Unicode characters that look like cursive, not a handwriting worksheet. To type a whole word or name, use the cursive font generator.

How to Write a Cursive Capital I

Cursive capital I starts at or below the middle of the letter and loops up and to the left in a large counterclockwise curve. The stroke then comes down to the baseline and curls back to the left. It does not look like a printed I.

How to Write a Lowercase Cursive i

Lowercase cursive i is a short upstroke, a short downstroke, and an exit tail. Add the dot after you finish the whole word, so the pen does not leave the paper in the middle of it.

Common Mistakes with Cursive I

Forgetting the dot, or dotting before the word is finished, is the usual problem. Without a dot, a cursive i looks like the start of a u or an e.

These notes describe common American school cursive. Handwriting programs differ in small details, so follow your teacher's model if it looks different.

Cursive I in Unicode

ℐ (U+2110) comes from the older Letterlike Symbols block (U+2100–U+214F), not from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block like the other variants. Unicode had already encoded this character before 2001, so the math block leaves a reserved gap at that spot. Because a different part of the font draws it, it can look slightly different in weight or slant from the rest of a cursive word on some devices.

Words Starting with I in Cursive

  • ℐ𝓈𝓁𝒶

  • 𝓘𝓼𝓵𝓪

  • ℐ𝓇𝒾𝓈

  • 𝓘𝓻𝓲𝓼

  • ℐ𝓃𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎

  • 𝓘𝓷𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓽𝔂

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I copy cursive I?

Tap Copy next to the style you want, then paste it into any text field. Script gives ℐ and 𝒾, and bold script gives 𝓘 and 𝓲. They are Unicode characters, so no font install is needed.

What is the Unicode code point for cursive I?

Script capital I is ℐ (U+2110) and script small i is 𝒾 (U+1D4BE). Bold script capital I is 𝓘 (U+1D4D8) and bold script small i is 𝓲 (U+1D4F2).

Does lowercase cursive i connect to the next letter?

Lowercase cursive i finishes at the baseline with a rising exit stroke that becomes the start of the next letter.