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El with middle hook

El with middle hook is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter El (Л л) by adding a hook to the middle of the right leg.

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El with middle hook
Ԡ ԡ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originAbkhaz, Chuvash
Sound values/lʲ/
In UnicodeU+0520

El with middle hook (Ԡ ԡ; italics: Ԡ ԡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter El (Л л) by adding a hook to the middle of the right leg.

El with middle hook was only used in the Abkhaz and Chuvash languages.1

In Chuvash it was used for the palatalized alveolar lateral approximant /lʲ/, and corresponds in other Chuvash orthographies to el with grave (Л̀ л̀).

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ԡ ԡ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
EL WITH MIDDLE HOOK
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
EL WITH MIDDLE HOOK
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1312 U+0520 1313 U+0521
UTF-8 212 160 D4 A0 212 161 D4 A1
Numeric character reference Ԡ Ԡ ԡ ԡ
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