U+10490 "𐒐" Osmanya Letter Laan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+10490 "𐒐" Osmanya Letter Laan is a symbol from the Osmanya script, an alphabet created in the early 20th century by Osman Yusuf Kenadid specifically for writing the Somali language. This letter represents the sound /l/ in Somali and is part of a script designed to replace the previous use of Arabic and Latin characters for Somali, though it never achieved widespread adoption and remains primarily of historical and cultural significance. It is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, making it accessible for digital use in specialized fonts and text applications.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10490
Name
Osmanya Letter Laan
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐒐
HTML Hex Encoding
𐒐
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x92 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD801 0xDC90
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00010490
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud801\udc90
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Osmanya