U+1038D "𐎍" Ugaritic Letter Lamda Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1038D "𐎍" Ugaritic Letter Lamda is a character from the Ugaritic alphabet, a cuneiform script used between the 14th and 12th centuries BCE in the ancient city of Ugarit in modern Syria. This letter represents the consonantal sound /l/, equivalent to the Latin letter L, and is part of a 30 character abjad that was primarily used to write the Ugaritic language, a Northwest Semitic language closely related to Hebrew and Phoenician. The script was discovered in the early 20th century on clay tablets, which include epic poems and administrative texts, providing crucial insights into ancient Near Eastern culture and religion. In digital typography, this character belongs to the Ugaritic block of the Unicode Standard, allowing for modern representation and study of this ancient writing system.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐎍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐎍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x8E 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD800 0xDF8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001038D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud800\udf8d |
Unicode Properties