Soft El

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Cyrillic letter
Soft El
Cyrillic letter Soft L.png
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍЙІЇ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОŌПРСС́Т
ЋЌУӮЎФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЫ
ЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃Ӛ
ҒГ̑ҔӺ
ӶД̆ӖЕ��Е̃Ё̄
Є̈ӁҖӜҘӞ
ԐԐ̈ӠӢИ̃
ҊӤҚӃҠҞ
ҜԚӅԮԒӍ
ӉҢԨӇҤ
О̆О̃ӦӨӨ̄
ӪҨԤР̌Ҏ
ҪҬУ̃
ӰӲҮҮ́Ұ
Х̑ҲӼӾҺ
ԦҴҶӴӋҸ
ҼҾЫ̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆
Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈
Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ОУѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶԘ
ԀԔԖԠԢ
Ҧ
ԂԄԈԊԌ
ԎԆԞ
ԪԬГ̧Г̄

Soft El (Ꙥ ꙥ; italics: Ꙥ ꙥ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.

Soft El is used in the Old Church Slavonic language to represent the soft l, a sound prevalent in several Slavic languages. This letter is used for the Cyrillization of Arabic.[citation needed]

Origin[]

The Soft El is a ligature of El (Л) and Ghe (Г).[citation needed]

Computing codes[]

Character information
Preview
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
SOFT EL
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
SOFT EL
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 42596 U+A664 42597 U+A665
UTF-8 234 153 164 EA 99 A4 234 153 165 EA 99 A5
Numeric character reference Ꙥ Ꙥ ꙥ ꙥ

See also[]

  • Cyrillic characters in Unicode
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