U+090C "ऌ" Devanagari Letter Vocalic L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ऌ
U+090C "ऌ" Devanagari Letter Vocalic L is a vowel symbol used in the Devanagari script, primarily to represent a rare vocalic sound similar to a syllabic "l" as found in Sanskrit and a few other Indic languages. Originating from the Brahmi script, this character appears in ancient and classical texts, often in the context of grammatical or phonetic discussions, and it pairs with a corresponding vowel sign (diacritic) for modifying consonants. Its usage has diminished over time, as the vocalic L sound is not common in modern spoken languages like Hindi, but it remains important for accurately writing Sanskrit loanwords, Vedic chants, and linguistic scholarship within Unicode's standardized repertoire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+090C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Letter Vocalic L |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ऌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ऌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA4 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x090C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000090C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u090c |