U+1D27 "ᴧ" Greek Letter Small Capital Lamda Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1D27 "ᴧ" Greek Letter Small Capital Lamda is a typographic variant of the Greek letter lambda, designed as a small capital form that retains the distinctive triangular shape of its uppercase counterpart but is sized to match the height of lowercase letters. It belongs to the Phonetic Extensions block, where it serves as a phonetic symbol in certain linguistic transcription systems, particularly for representing a voiceless alveolar lateral approximant or other specific sounds in the International Phonetic Alphabet and related notations. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital texts, allowing scholars and linguists to accurately transcribe and analyze languages that require this specialized letterform.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D27
Version Added 4.0
Name Greek Letter Small Capital Lamda
Block Phonetic Extensions
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᴧ
HTML Hex Encoding ᴧ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB4 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1D27
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001D27
C/C++/Java Escape \u1d27

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 Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Cased Yes
Script Greek
Script Extensions Greek
Indic Syllabic Category Other
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 Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower