ʎ is the Unicode character LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED Y, code point U+028E (decimal 654) in the IPA Extensions block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ʎ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CA 8E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+028E |
| Decimal | 654 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CA 8E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 028E |
| UTF-32 | 0000028E |
| HTML decimal | ʎ |
| HTML hex | ʎ |
| CSS | \28E |
| JavaScript | \u028E |
| JSON | \u028E |
| Python | \u028E |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED Y} |
| Java, C# | \u028E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{28E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u028E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CA%8E |
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 TURNED Y |
| Code point | U+028E (decimal 654) |
| Block | IPA Extensions (U+0250–U+02AF) |
| 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 |
Nearby in IPA Extensions
- ʆ U+0286 Latin Small Letter Esh With Curl
- ʇ U+0287 Latin Small Letter Turned T
- ʈ U+0288 Latin Small Letter T With Retroflex Hook
- ʉ U+0289 Latin Small Letter U Bar
- ʊ U+028A Latin Small Letter Upsilon
- ʋ U+028B Latin Small Letter V With Hook
- ʌ U+028C Latin Small Letter Turned V
- ʍ U+028D Latin Small Letter Turned W
- ʏ U+028F Latin Letter Small Capital Y
- ʐ U+0290 Latin Small Letter Z With Retroflex Hook
- ʑ U+0291 Latin Small Letter Z With Curl
- ʒ U+0292 Latin Small Letter Ezh
- ʓ U+0293 Latin Small Letter Ezh With Curl
- ʔ U+0294 Latin Letter Glottal Stop
- ʕ U+0295 Latin Letter Pharyngeal Voiced Fricative
- ʖ U+0296 Latin Letter Inverted Glottal Stop
All 96 characters: IPA Extensions.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ʎ?
- Use ʎ (decimal) or ʎ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+028E?
- CA 8E (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CA%8E.
- How do I write U+028E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u028E. Python: \u028E.
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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