U+0FB3 "ླ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ླ
U+0FB3 "ླ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter La is a modifier mark used in the Tibetan script to represent a subscript form of the consonant "la," which appears beneath a base character to create a conjunct or cluster, typically modifying the pronunciation of the syllable. This subjoined form is positioned below the main letter and is part of the Tibetan block of Unicode, aligning with the script's tradition of stacking characters to represent complex sounds in Tibetan, Dzongkha, and related languages. It is not a standalone glyph but a combining element that alters the phonological structure of a word, such as in the formation of "kla" or "gla" combinations, and requires proper rendering support to display correctly in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0FB3 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Subjoined Letter La |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ླ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ླ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBE 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0FB3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000FB3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0fb3 |