U+043B "л" Cyrillic Small Letter El Unicode Character

U+043B "л" Cyrillic Small Letter El is a fundamental letter in the Cyrillic script, used in languages such as Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbian. It represents a voiced lateral alveolar approximant sound, similar to the English "l" in "light." The letter originates from the Greek lambda (Λ, λ) and has been adapted into the Cyrillic alphabet since its creation in the 9th century. Visually, it appears as a lowercase "л" with a distinctive low arc or angular shape, and it can be contrasted with its uppercase counterpart "Л" (U+041B). Its usage is essential for forming common words and grammatical structures across multiple Slavic and non-Slavic languages that employ Cyrillic orthography.

General Properties

Code Point	U+043B
Version Added	1.1
Name	Cyrillic Small Letter El
Block	Cyrillic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	л
HTML Hex Encoding	л
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD0 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x043B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000043B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u043b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
East Asian Width	Ambiguous
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Л" U+041B Cyrillic Capital Letter El
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Л" U+041B Cyrillic Capital Letter El
Uppercase Code Point	"Л" U+041B Cyrillic Capital Letter El
Titlecase Code Point	"Л" U+041B Cyrillic Capital Letter El
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Cyrillic
Script Extensions	Cyrillic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower