ል is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE LE, code point U+120D (decimal 4621) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ል, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 88 8D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+120D |
| Decimal | 4621 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 88 8D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 120D |
| UTF-32 | 0000120D |
| HTML decimal | ል |
| HTML hex | ል |
| CSS | \120D |
| JavaScript | \u120D |
| JSON | \u120D |
| Python | \u120D |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE LE} |
| Java, C# | \u120D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{120D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u120D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%88%8D |
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 | ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE LE |
| Code point | U+120D (decimal 4621) |
| Block | Ethiopic (U+1200–U+137F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Ethiopic |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Nearby in Ethiopic
- ህ U+1205 Ethiopic Syllable He
- ሆ U+1206 Ethiopic Syllable Ho
- ሇ U+1207 Ethiopic Syllable Hoa
- ለ U+1208 Ethiopic Syllable La
- ሉ U+1209 Ethiopic Syllable Lu
- ሊ U+120A Ethiopic Syllable Li
- ላ U+120B Ethiopic Syllable Laa
- ሌ U+120C Ethiopic Syllable Lee
- ሎ U+120E Ethiopic Syllable Lo
- ሏ U+120F Ethiopic Syllable Lwa
- ሐ U+1210 Ethiopic Syllable Hha
- ሑ U+1211 Ethiopic Syllable Hhu
- ሒ U+1212 Ethiopic Syllable Hhi
- ሓ U+1213 Ethiopic Syllable Hhaa
- ሔ U+1214 Ethiopic Syllable Hhee
- ሕ U+1215 Ethiopic Syllable Hhe
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ል?
- Use ል (decimal) or ል (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+120D?
- E1 88 8D (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%88%8D.
- How do I write U+120D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u120D. Python: \u120D.
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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