U+0720 "ܠ" Syriac Letter Lamadh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0720 "ܠ" Syriac Letter Lamadh is the thirteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet, representing the sound "L" and corresponding to the Hebrew Lamedh and Arabic Lam. In the Syriac script, used for classical Syriac and modern dialects like Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, this letter functions as a consonant and also serves as a numerical symbol with a value of 30 in the Semitic abjad numeral system. It appears in various calligraphic forms depending on the script style, such as Estrangela, Serto, or East Syriac, and its distinctive shape often resembles an elongated vertical stroke with a hook or curve at the top.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0720 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Syriac Letter Lamadh |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0720 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000720 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0720 |