U+0A33 "ਲ਼" Gurmukhi Letter Lla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਲ਼
U+0A33 "ਲ਼" Gurmukhi Letter Lla is a consonant used in the Gurmukhi script, primarily representing a retroflex lateral approximant sound that is distinct from the standard dental l sound in Punjabi. This character is historically derived from the Devanagari letter ळ, and while its usage has declined in modern standard Punjabi, it is still occasionally found in certain dialects and in older texts, where it denotes a specific phonetic nuance. Its encoding in Unicode allows for proper digital representation and preservation of this unique letter in electronic documents and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A33 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Lla |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ਲ" U+0A32 Gurmukhi Letter La "਼" U+0A3C Gurmukhi Sign Nukta |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਲ਼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਲ਼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A33 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A33 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a33 |