U+0D33 "ള" Malayalam Letter Lla Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0D33 "ള" Malayalam Letter Lla is a distinctive consonant in the Malayalam script, representing a retroflex lateral approximant sound, which is produced with the tongue curled back against the roof of the mouth. It is an essential part of the Malayalam alphabet, used in many common words such as "കളി" (kali, meaning play) and "നില" (nila, meaning ground or soil). This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Malayalam block, allowing for consistent digital representation and processing across different systems and platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+0D33
Version Added 1.1
Name Malayalam Letter Lla
Block Malayalam
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ള
HTML Hex Encoding ള
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB4 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0D33
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000D33
C/C++/Java Escape \u0d33

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Malayalam
Script Extensions Malayalam
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter