U+09E2 "" Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic L Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Bengali Source: Browser Default

U+09E2 "" Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic L is a combining diacritical mark used in the Bengali script to represent a vocalic 'L' sound, a rare vowel typically found in Sanskrit loanwords and ancient linguistic contexts rather than modern Bengali usage. It appears as a small sign attached below a consonant letter, modifying its pronunciation to include a syllabic 'l' sound, similar to the vowel inherent in the Sanskrit vocalic 'L'. This character is part of the Bengali block in Unicode and is rarely encountered in contemporary digital text, primarily serving scholarly or historical transcription purposes.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ৢ
HTML Hex Encoding
ৢ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA7 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding
0x09E2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000009E2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u09e2