U+0EAC "ຬ" Lao Letter Pali Lla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ຬ
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 |