U+0C33 "ళ" Telugu Letter Lla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ళ
U+0C33 "ళ" Telugu Letter Lla is a distinct consonant in the Telugu script, representing the retroflex lateral approximant sound, a type of "l" sound produced with the tongue curled back against the palate. This character is an essential part of the Telugu abugida, used primarily in the Dravidian languages Telugu and sometimes in Kannada, though it is not as common in everyday modern Telugu as the dental "ల" (la). Historically and phonetically, it appears in specific vocabulary, particularly in words of Sanskrit origin or in certain regional dialects, and it is classified within the Telugu consonant inventory as a retroflex letter, distinguishing it from other lateral sounds in the script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C33 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Lla |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ళ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ళ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C33 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C33 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c33 |