ꞎ is the Unicode character LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH RETROFLEX HOOK AND BELT, code point U+A78E (decimal 42894) in the Latin Extended-D block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write ꞎ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EA 9E 8E.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+A78E |
| Decimal | 42894 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA 9E 8E |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | A78E |
| UTF-32 | 0000A78E |
| HTML decimal | ꞎ |
| HTML hex | ꞎ |
| CSS | \A78E |
| JavaScript | \uA78E |
| JSON | \uA78E |
| Python | \uA78E |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH RETROFLEX HOOK AND BELT} |
| Java, C# | \uA78E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A78E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uA78E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EA%9E%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 L WITH RETROFLEX HOOK AND BELT |
| Code point | U+A78E (decimal 42894) |
| Block | Latin Extended-D (U+A720–U+A7FF) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.0 |
Nearby in Latin Extended-D
- Ꞇ U+A786 Latin Capital Letter Insular T
- ꞇ U+A787 Latin Small Letter Insular T
- ꞈ U+A788 Modifier Letter Low Circumflex Accent
- ꞉ U+A789 Modifier Letter Colon
- ꞊ U+A78A Modifier Letter Short Equals Sign
- Ꞌ U+A78B Latin Capital Letter Saltillo
- ꞌ U+A78C Latin Small Letter Saltillo
- Ɥ U+A78D Latin Capital Letter Turned H
- ꞏ U+A78F Latin Letter Sinological Dot
- Ꞑ U+A790 Latin Capital Letter N With Descender
- ꞑ U+A791 Latin Small Letter N With Descender
- Ꞓ U+A792 Latin Capital Letter C With Bar
- ꞓ U+A793 Latin Small Letter C With Bar
- ꞔ U+A794 Latin Small Letter C With Palatal Hook
- ꞕ U+A795 Latin Small Letter H With Palatal Hook
- Ꞗ U+A796 Latin Capital Letter B With Flourish
All 206 characters: Latin Extended-D.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ꞎ?
- Use ꞎ (decimal) or ꞎ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+A78E?
- EA 9E 8E (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EA%9E%8E.
- How do I write U+A78E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uA78E. Python: \uA78E.
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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