Latin Capital Letter L With Middle Tilde Letter
Ɫ is a Latin Extended capital L variant with a tilde placed in the middle.
U+2C62
Ɫ (U+2C62) is a Unicode character from the Latin Extended block. It’s mainly used when you need this specific letter form for text, typography, or language/encoding requirements.
Latin Capital Letter L With Middle Tilde Letter Meaning
Ɫ is a specific Unicode character: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE TILDE (U+2C62). Like other diacritic-bearing letters, it is used to represent a particular written form of the letter L rather than the plain “L”. Because this is a distinct character in Unicode, it’s most relevant when you must preserve exact spelling, styling, or compatibility with existing encoded text that expects this codepoint. In many cases it may appear in specialized fonts or datasets, and you may not see a visually similar fallback character if your font lacks support.
Common uses
- •Copy/paste exact text that contains U+2C62
- •Typing or formatting names/titles that use this specific L variant
- •Building Unicode-aware documents where the exact codepoint matters
- •UI labels or mockups requiring precise typographic characters
- •Data entry for linguistics or legacy text corpora using this character
Examples
Ɫ Latin Capital Letter L with Middle Tilde
- ⱢⱢángela
- ⱢⱢuiza
- ⱢCategory: Ɫ
- ⱢOrder: ⱢU+2C62
- ⱢCheck character Ɫ in the dataset
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2C62 | |
| HTML Entity | Ɫ | |
| HTML Code | Ɫ | |
| CSS | \2C62 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 11362 | |
| Decimal | 11362 |
How to type Latin Capital Letter L With Middle Tilde Letter (Ɫ)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 11362 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 2C62 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 2C62. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 2c62, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy Ɫ with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the Latin Capital Letter L With Middle Tilde letter mean?
Ɫ is a specific Unicode character: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE TILDE (U+2C62). Like other diacritic-bearing letters, it is used to represent a particular written form of the letter L rather than the plain “L”. Because this is a distinct character in Unicode, it’s most relevant when you must preserve exact spelling, styling, or compatibility with existing encoded text that expects this codepoint. In many cases it may appear in specialized fonts or datasets, and you may not see a visually similar fallback character if your font lacks support.
What is the Unicode code point for Ɫ?
Ɫ is U+2C62.
How can I copy Ɫ reliably?
Copy the character directly from this page, or use the HTML entity Ɫ or the code point U+2C62 in your tooling.
Will Ɫ look the same in every font?
No. Like many Unicode characters, it depends on font support. If a font lacks the glyph, it may display a fallback or missing-character box.
Is Ɫ the same as the normal letter “L”?
No. Ɫ is a distinct letter variant: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE TILDE, and it should not be replaced with plain “L” when exact character matching matters.