U+026D "ɭ" Latin Small Letter L with Retroflex Hook Unicode Character

U+026D "ɭ" Latin Small Letter L with Retroflex Hook is a phonetic symbol primarily used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced retroflex lateral approximant, a sound produced by curling the tip of the tongue back toward the hard palate while allowing air to flow around the sides of the tongue, as can be heard in certain dialects of Norwegian and Swedish. This character is formed by adding a retroflex hook, extending downward and to the right from the bottom of a standard lowercase "l", to indicate the retroflex articulation, and it should not be confused with the similar-looking "ł" used in Slavic languages or the barred "l" found in other phonetic contexts.