U+A780 "Ꞁ" Latin Capital Letter Turned L Unicode Character
U+A780 "Ꞁ" Latin Capital Letter Turned L is a rarely used typographic symbol representing a rotated uppercase letter L, designed for specialized phonetic or orthographic applications in historical or linguistic contexts. It appears in certain medieval manuscripts and early modern texts as a variant form, particularly in the transcription of Old English or other Germanic languages where it denoted a distinct sound or served as an abbreviation. In modern digital use, this character is supported within the Latin Extended-D block of Unicode, ensuring its preservation for academic fields such as philology and paleography. Unlike common letters, its usage remains niche, primarily encountered in scholarly editions or character set documentation rather than everyday writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A780 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter Turned L |
| Block | Latin Extended-D |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꞁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꞁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9E 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA780 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A780 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua780 |
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 |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ꞁ" U+A781 Latin Small Letter Turned L |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ꞁ" U+A781 Latin Small Letter Turned L |
| Simple Case Folding | "ꞁ" U+A781 Latin Small Letter Turned L |
| Case Folding | "ꞁ" U+A781 Latin Small Letter Turned L |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ꞁ" U+A781 Latin Small Letter Turned L |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ꞁ" U+A781 Latin Small Letter Turned 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 | Upper |