U+A8B3 "ꢳ" Saurashtra Letter Lla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+A8B3 "ꢳ" Saurashtra Letter Lla is a character from the Saurashtra script, which is used to write the Saurashtra language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat. This specific letter represents the sound of a retroflex lateral approximant, similar to the English "l" but pronounced with the tongue curled back. It is part of the Saurashtra block in Unicode, which was added to support the digital representation of this historically significant script used in religious and cultural contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A8B3 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Saurashtra Letter Lla |
| Block | Saurashtra |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꢳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꢳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xA2 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA8B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A8B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua8b3 |