U+0D32 "ല" Malayalam Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ല
U+0D32 "ല" Malayalam Letter La is a character in the Malayalam script used primarily to represent the voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound /l/ in the Malayalam language, which is spoken predominantly in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. It belongs to the Brahmic family of scripts and is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Malayalam block, with its distinctive curved and looping shape reflecting the Dravidian writing tradition. This character is an essential component of the Malayalam alphabet, appearing in countless words and enabling the accurate written representation of the language’s phonetic inventory in digital and print media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D32 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter La |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ല |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ല |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D32 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D32 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d32 |