U+31B9 "ㆹ" Bopomofo Letter Lh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㆹ
U+31B9 "ㆹ" Bopomofo Letter Lh is a phonetic symbol used in the extended Bopomofo script, primarily for transcribing certain sounds in languages such as Hokkien or other Chinese dialects. It represents a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative sound, which is similar to the "ll" in Welsh or the "hl" in some romanization systems, making it distinct from the standard Bopomofo letters used for Mandarin Chinese. This character is part of the Unicode block dedicated to Bopomofo Extended, allowing for more precise phonetic representation in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+31B9 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter Lh |
| Block | Bopomofo Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㆹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㆹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x86 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x31B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000031B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u31b9 |