U+0EAC "ຬ" Lao Letter Pali Lla Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0EAC "ຬ" Lao Letter Pali Lla is a specific glyph used in the Lao script to represent a consonant sound borrowed from the Pali language, typically transliterated as a retroflex lateral approximant similar to a hard "l" sound. This character is distinct from the standard Lao letter for "l" and is primarily employed in religious or scholarly texts derived from Pali, such as Buddhist scriptures, where it helps maintain accurate phonetic representation of original terms. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital documents can correctly display this specialized character, preserving the linguistic integrity of Lao textual traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+0EAC
Version Added 12.0
Name Lao Letter Pali Lla
Block Lao
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ຬ
HTML Hex Encoding ຬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBA 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0EAC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000EAC
C/C++/Java Escape \u0eac

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