U+0D0C "ഌ" Malayalam Letter Vocalic L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ഌ
U+0D0C "ഌ" Malayalam Letter Vocalic L is a rare and archaic vowel symbol from the Malayalam script, representing a vocalic or syllabic L sound that was historically used in Sanskrit loanwords and is a counterpart to the Dravidian vocalic consonants. This character is part of a set of less common vowel letters derived from the ancient Brahmi script, and it appears primarily in scholarly or religious contexts, such as in the transcription of Vedic texts, rather than in modern everyday Malayalam writing. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations of these traditional and linguistic materials remain accurate and accessible for preservation and study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D0C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Vocalic L |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ഌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ഌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D0C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D0C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d0c |