U+0A8C "ઌ" Gujarati Letter Vocalic L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ઌ
U+0A8C "ઌ" Gujarati Letter Vocalic L is a rare and historical vowel symbol used in the Gujarati script to represent a vocalic L sound, which occurs in Sanskrit loanwords and ancient liturgical texts. This character is part of the Gujarati block in Unicode and corresponds to a syllabic form of the letter L, where it functions as a vowel rather than a consonant. It is primarily encountered in scholarly, religious, or linguistic contexts, as modern Gujarati rarely uses this sound, making it an essential but niche element for accurate representation of classical Sanskrit and Prakrit writings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A8C |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Vocalic L |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ઌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ઌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A8C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a8c |