U+0141 "Ł" Latin Capital Letter L with Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0141 "Ł" Latin Capital Letter L with Stroke is a distinct letter used primarily in the Polish alphabet, where it represents a sound similar to the English "w" in "water." Its visual form is an uppercase L crossed by a horizontal stroke, a mark that historically indicated a softened or palatalized pronunciation in certain Slavic languages. Beyond Polish, this character also appears in the orthographies of Kashubian, Sorbian, and some Native American languages, and it functions as a phonetic symbol in various linguistic contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms and text systems.
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Latin Small Letter L with Middle Dot
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Latin Small Letter L with Stroke
General Properties
Code Point
U+0141
Name
Latin Capital Letter L with Stroke
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Capital Letter L Slash
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
Ł
HTML Hex Encoding
Ł
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC5 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0141
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000141
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0141
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Latin