U+0EA5 "ລ" Lao Letter Lo Loot Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0EA5 "ລ" Lao Letter Lo Loot is a consonant in the Lao alphabet specifically representing the sound /l/ and typically appears as the 14th letter of the Lao script. It is used in writing the Lao language, which is the official language of Laos, and forms part of the core set of consonants that are taught to learners for reading and spelling. The character derives from the ancient Khmer script and, like all Lao letters, is written without a visible vowel unless a vowel mark is added.

General Properties

Code Point U+0EA5
Version Added 1.1
Name Lao Letter Lo Loot
Block Lao
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Alias LAO LETTER LO (correction)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ລ
HTML Hex Encoding ລ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBA 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0EA5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000EA5
C/C++/Java Escape \u0ea5

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 Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Lao
Script Extensions Lao
Indic Syllabic Category 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 Other
Sentence Break OLetter