U+A8B3 "ꢳ" Saurashtra Letter Lla Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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
Script Saurashtra
Script Extensions Saurashtra
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
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 OLetter