U+0CE1 "ೡ" Kannada Letter Vocalic Ll Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0CE1 "ೡ" Kannada Letter Vocalic Ll is a rare and specialized character used in the Kannada script to represent a vocalic or syllabic form of the consonant "L," specifically a long version of the vocalic consonant. It is part of the Kannada block of Unicode and is typically employed in transliterations of Sanskrit texts or in linguistic contexts where the long retroflex lateral approximant functions as a vowel, such as in the transliteration of the Vedic Sanskrit vocalic "ḹ." This character is distinct from the more standard consonant "ಲ" (La) and is rarely used in modern Kannada, appearing mostly in scholarly or liturgical works to ensure accurate phonetic representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CE1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Vocalic Ll |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ೡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ೡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB3 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CE1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CE1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ce1 |