U+0E2C "ฬ" Thai Character Lo Chula Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E2C "ฬ" Thai Character Lo Chula is a letter in the Thai script representing the sound "l" and is classified as a low-class consonant in the Thai language's tonal system. It is primarily used in words of Pali, Sanskrit, or other loanword origins, and its name "Lo Chula" distinguishes it from other Thai 'l' characters, such as Lo Ling. This character is less common in everyday Thai vocabulary compared to its counterpart, but it appears in more formal or sacred texts, including Buddhist scriptures and royal terminology, where it retains its distinct pronunciation and spelling conventions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E2C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Lo Chula |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Letter Lo Chula |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ฬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ฬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB8 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E2C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e2c |