Ĺ is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH ACUTE, code point U+0139 (decimal 313) in the Latin Extended-A block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ĺ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C4 B9.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0139 |
| Decimal | 313 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C4 B9 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0139 |
| UTF-32 | 00000139 |
| HTML decimal | Ĺ |
| HTML hex | Ĺ |
| HTML named | Ĺ |
| CSS | \139 |
| JavaScript | \u0139 |
| JSON | \u0139 |
| Python | \u0139 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH ACUTE} |
| Java, C# | \u0139 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{139} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0139 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C4%B9 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH ACUTE |
| Code point | U+0139 (decimal 313) |
| Block | Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH ACUTE is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+0139. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Upper and lower case
- ĺ U+013A Latin Small Letter L With Acute — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-A
- ı U+0131 Latin Small Letter Dotless I
- IJ U+0132 Latin Capital Ligature Ij
- ij U+0133 Latin Small Ligature Ij
- Ĵ U+0134 Latin Capital Letter J With Circumflex
- ĵ U+0135 Latin Small Letter J With Circumflex
- Ķ U+0136 Latin Capital Letter K With Cedilla
- ķ U+0137 Latin Small Letter K With Cedilla
- ĸ U+0138 Latin Small Letter Kra
- ĺ U+013A Latin Small Letter L With Acute
- Ļ U+013B Latin Capital Letter L With Cedilla
- ļ U+013C Latin Small Letter L With Cedilla
- Ľ U+013D Latin Capital Letter L With Caron
- ľ U+013E Latin Small Letter L With Caron
- Ŀ U+013F Latin Capital Letter L With Middle Dot
- ŀ U+0140 Latin Small Letter L With Middle Dot
- Ł U+0141 Latin Capital Letter L With Stroke
All 128 characters: Latin Extended-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ĺ?
- Use the named entity Ĺ, or Ĺ (decimal) or Ĺ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0139?
- C4 B9 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C4%B9.
- How do I write U+0139 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0139. Python: \u0139.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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