U+056C "լ" Armenian Small Letter Liwn Unicode Character

U+056C "լ" Armenian Small Letter Liwn is the twelfth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the sound /l/ and corresponding to the uppercase form Լ (U+053C). In the Armenian numeral system, where each letter carries a numeric value, the letter liwn denotes the number 30. This character plays a fundamental role in the orthography of both Eastern and Western varieties of the Armenian language, appearing in a wide range of common words and texts. Its design in standard fonts typically features a vertical stem with a distinctive loop or curve, reflecting the historical evolution of the Armenian script created by Mesrop Mashtots in the early 5th century.

General Properties

Code Point	U+056C
Version Added	1.1
Name	Armenian Small Letter Liwn
Block	Armenian
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	լ
HTML Hex Encoding	լ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD5 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x056C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000056C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u056c

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Լ" U+053C Armenian Capital Letter Liwn
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Լ" U+053C Armenian Capital Letter Liwn
Uppercase Code Point	"Լ" U+053C Armenian Capital Letter Liwn
Titlecase Code Point	"Լ" U+053C Armenian Capital Letter Liwn
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Armenian
Script Extensions	Armenian
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