U+09B2 "ল" Bengali Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ল
U+09B2 "ল" Bengali Letter La is a fundamental consonant in the Bengali script, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound /l/ as in the English word "light." It belongs to the Bengali block of the Unicode standard, which encodes the writing system for the Bengali, Assamese, and related languages. As a ra class consonant in Bengali phonology, this character appears in numerous common words and is visually distinguished by its curved, looped form that connects to other letters in conjunct formations. In the Unicode system, its encoding ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, enabling accurate text processing for the millions of speakers of Bengali and Assamese worldwide.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+09B2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bengali Letter La |
| Block | Bengali |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ল |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ল |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA6 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x09B2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000009B2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u09b2 |