U+AB39 "ꬹ" Latin Small Letter L with Middle Ring Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬹ
U+AB39 "ꬹ" Latin Small Letter L with Middle Ring is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in medievalist scholarship and historical linguistic transcription, representing a distinct phonetic variant or abbreviation of the letter L. Its design features a standard lowercase L with a small ring encircling the middle of the vertical stem, a diacritic that historically indicated a specific consonantal sound or scribal contraction in Old English, Old Norse, or related manuscripts. This character belongs to the Latin Extended E block, which supports the accurate digital encoding of rare or archaic orthographic forms that standard Latin letters alone cannot convey, ensuring precise representation for researchers working with early texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB39 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter L with Middle Ring |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB39 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab39 |