U+2097 "ₗ" Latin Subscript Small Letter L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2097 "ₗ" Latin Subscript Small Letter L is a typographic glyph used primarily in phonetic notation, mathematics, and scientific transcriptions to represent a subscript form of the lowercase letter L. It appears in the Unicode block for Superscripts and Subscripts and is commonly employed in linguistic contexts such as the International Phonetic Alphabet or in algebraic and physical formulas where a subscript l denotes a variable or a label. This character allows for precise textual representation in digital environments where standard subscript formatting may not be available, ensuring consistent notation across different platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2097 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Latin Subscript Small Letter L |
| Block | Superscripts and Subscripts |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Sub |
| Decomposition Mapping | "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ₗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ₗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x82 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2097 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002097 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2097 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Other Lowercase | Yes |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| 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 |