U+02E1 "ˡ" Modifier Letter Small L Unicode Character

U+02E1 "ˡ" Modifier Letter Small L is a superscript form of the lowercase L, used primarily in phonetic transcription to indicate a lateral release of a preceding consonant, a devoiced or fricative l, or a secondary articulation involving the l sound. It belongs to the Spacing Modifier Letters block and is typically employed in the International Phonetic Alphabet to denote features such as syllabic l or a light l variant in narrow transcription, where it attaches phonologically to adjacent sounds without affecting their primary articulation. This small, raised glyph helps linguists and speech pathologists precisely document subtle pronunciation details across languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+02E1
Version Added	1.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small L
Block	Spacing Modifier Letters
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ˡ
HTML Hex Encoding	ˡ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCB 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x02E1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000002E1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u02e1

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Case Ignorable	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L
NFKC Simple Casefold	"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower