Lasi (letter)

Lasi, or Las (Asomtavruli: Ⴊ; Nuskhuri: ⴊ; Mkhedruli: ლ or ჺ; Mtavruli: Ლ Georgian: ლასი, ლას) is the 12th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 30. Lasi commonly represents the voiced velarized alveolar approximant /ɫ/ before back vowels, like the pronunciation of ⟨l⟩ in "feel", and the alveolar lateral approximant /l/ before front vowels, like the pronunciation of ⟨l⟩ in "lord". It is typically romanized with the letter L.

The mkhedruli form has become popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a paw, hand or fist and as part of an emoticon, is often rendered as: ლ(╹◡╹ლ).

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli
standard	alternative

Three-dimensional

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

Computer encodings

Character information
Preview	Ⴊ	ⴊ	ლ	Ლ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER LAS	GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER LAS	GEORGIAN LETTER LAS	GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER LAS
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4266	U+10AA	11530	U+2D0A	4314	U+10DA	7322	U+1C9A
UTF-8	225 130 170	E1 82 AA	226 180 138	E2 B4 8A	225 131 154	E1 83 9A	225 178 154	E1 B2 9A
Numeric character reference	Ⴊ	Ⴊ	ⴊ	ⴊ	ლ	ლ	Ლ	Ლ

Braille

mkhedruli

Use

Mkhedruli ლ is a currency symbol for Georgian lari. Sometimes, the ₾ sign is used.

Bibliography

Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) , 1991-2013
The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) , 1991-2013