El with middle hook

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
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/lʲ/
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

El with middle hook was only used in the Abkhaz^{[citation needed]} 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

See also

• Ԯ ԯ : Cyrillic letter El with descender
• Ӆ ӆ : Cyrillic letter El with tail
• Ԓ ԓ : Cyrillic letter El with hook
• Љ љ : Cyrillic letter Lje
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode