U+0AB2 "લ" Gujarati Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
લ
U+0AB2 "લ" Gujarati Letter La is a consonant in the Gujarati script, representing the sound /l/, similar to the English "l" in "lamp." It belongs to the Brahmic family of scripts and is used in the Gujarati language, primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat. This character is part of the Unicode block for Gujarati, which was added to the Unicode standard in version 1.1 in 1993, allowing for digital representation and text processing of the script across platforms. Like other Gujarati consonants, "લ" assumes an inherent vowel sound (the schwa /ə/) unless modified by diacritical vowel marks or a halant sign.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0AB2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter La |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | લ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | લ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0AB2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000AB2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ab2 |