U+1020 "ဠ" Myanmar Letter Lla Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1020 "ဠ" Myanmar Letter Lla is a character from the Myanmar script, specifically representing the consonant sound /l̥a/ or a voiceless lateral approximant, and is used in the Burmese language to write words of Pali or foreign origin, such as in Buddhist texts or loanwords. Its visual form resembles a circle with a small curl and a vertical stroke, and it is distinct from the more common Myanmar letter La (U+101C) by its additional loop, reflecting its historical role in transcribing sounds not native to standard Burmese phonology. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Myanmar block, which supports the writing system for languages like Burmese, Mon, and Karen, and it is positioned as the last letter of the traditional Myanmar consonant chart.

General Properties

Code Point U+1020
Version Added 3.0
Name Myanmar Letter Lla
Block Myanmar
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ဠ
HTML Hex Encoding ဠ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x80 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1020
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001020
C/C++/Java Escape \u1020

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 Myanmar
Script Extensions Myanmar
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break 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