U+AB5D "ꭝ" Modifier Letter Small L with Inverted Lazy S Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AB5D "ꭝ" Modifier Letter Small L with Inverted Lazy S is a specialized diacritical mark used primarily in certain phonetic transcription systems, particularly within the context of the International Phonetic Alphabet or other linguistic notations to represent a distinct, modified sound. It combines a small lowercase "L" with an inverted lazy S shape, which typically indicates a specific fricative or lateral articulation. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-E block and serves as a modifier letter, meaning it is intended to alter or specify the pronunciation of a preceding base character rather than stand alone as an independent symbol. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard supports precise representation of obscure or regional speech sounds that cannot be adequately captured by standard orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+AB5D
Version Added 7.0
Name Modifier Letter Small L with Inverted Lazy S
Block Latin Extended-E
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Super
Decomposition Mapping "ꬷ" U+AB37 Latin Small Letter L with Inverted Lazy S

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꭝ
HTML Hex Encoding ꭝ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAD 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAB5D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AB5D
C/C++/Java Escape \uab5d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Other Lowercase Yes
Case Ignorable Yes
Cased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ꬷ" U+AB37 Latin Small Letter L with Inverted Lazy S
NFKC Simple Casefold "ꬷ" U+AB37 Latin Small Letter L with Inverted Lazy S
Script Latin
Script Extensions Latin
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower