ł is the Unicode character LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE, code point U+0142 (decimal 322) in the Latin Extended-A block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ł, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C5 82.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0142 |
| Decimal | 322 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C5 82 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0142 |
| UTF-32 | 00000142 |
| HTML decimal | ł |
| HTML hex | ł |
| HTML named | ł |
| CSS | \142 |
| JavaScript | \u0142 |
| JSON | \u0142 |
| Python | \u0142 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE} |
| Java, C# | \u0142 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{142} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0142 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C5%82 |
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 SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE |
| Code point | U+0142 (decimal 322) |
| Block | Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- Ł U+0141 Latin Capital Letter L With Stroke — Uppercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-A
- 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
- Ń U+0143 Latin Capital Letter N With Acute
- ń U+0144 Latin Small Letter N With Acute
- Ņ U+0145 Latin Capital Letter N With Cedilla
- ņ U+0146 Latin Small Letter N With Cedilla
- Ň U+0147 Latin Capital Letter N With Caron
- ň U+0148 Latin Small Letter N With Caron
- ʼn U+0149 Latin Small Letter N Preceded By Apostrophe
- Ŋ U+014A Latin Capital Letter Eng
All 128 characters: Latin Extended-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ł?
- Use the named entity ł, or ł (decimal) or ł (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0142?
- C5 82 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C5%82.
- How do I write U+0142 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0142. Python: \u0142.
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.
Legal entity
Devansh Yadav
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Governing law: Courts at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91 8433475698
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