U+0D7E "ൾ" Malayalam Letter Chillu Ll Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0D7E "ൾ" Malayalam Letter Chillu Ll is a special consonant letter in the Malayalam script that represents a pure, vowel-less alveolar lateral sound, functioning as a "chillu" or independent consonant that does not carry an inherent vowel. Unlike regular consonant letters in Malayalam, which typically imply a following short 'a' sound, this chillu is used primarily in word-final positions or in specific conjunct contexts to denote the sound [ɭ] without any attached vowel. It is part of the set of chillu letters introduced into the Unicode standard to accurately encode traditional Malayalam orthography, where such forms arise from historical ligature conventions and are essential for correctly writing and digitally representing words derived from Sanskrit or other loanwords.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ൾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ൾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE0 0xB5 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x0D7E |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00000D7E |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u0d7e |
Unicode Properties