U+0142 "ł" Latin Small Letter L with Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0142 "ł" Latin Small Letter L with Stroke is a distinct letter used in several languages, most notably in Polish, where it represents a dark L sound similar to the English W. It is also found in the alphabets of Kashubian, Sorbian, and the Łacinka alphabet for Belarusian, as well as in phonetic transcription and certain Indigenous languages of the Americas. The stroke, or slash, across the lowercase L differentiates it from the standard Latin L, giving it a unique typographic identity and a specific pronunciation that avoids confusion with the regular L sound.
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Latin Capital Letter L with Stroke
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General Properties
Code Point
U+0142
Name
Latin Small Letter L with Stroke
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Small Letter L Slash
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ł
HTML Hex Encoding
ł
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC5 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0142
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000142
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0142
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin