U+11C08 "𑰈" Bhaiksuki Letter Vocalic L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𑰈
U+11C08 "𑰈" Bhaiksuki Letter Vocalic L is a member of the Bhaiksuki script, an historical abugida used primarily to write Sanskrit and possibly other languages in ancient India. This specific character represents a vocalic 'L' sound, a rare syllabic liquid vowel that appears in Sanskrit phonetic theory and is distinct from the consonant L. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars and digital typographers can accurately represent and preserve this unique character from a less commonly encoded script, aiding in the study of historical manuscripts and linguistic research.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11C08 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Bhaiksuki Letter Vocalic L |
| Block | Bhaiksuki |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑰈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑰈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xB0 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDC08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011C08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udc08 |