What is the difference between Outlined Latin Capital Letter I and Latin Small Letter L?

Outlined Latin Capital Letter I is U+1CCDE in the Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement block. Latin Small Letter L is U+006C in the Basic Latin block. They are distinct Unicode codepoints and may appear visually similar depending on the font.

What is the HTML entity for Outlined Latin Capital Letter I?

The HTML entity for Outlined Latin Capital Letter I (U+1CCDE) is 𜳞.

What is the HTML entity for Latin Small Letter L?

The HTML entity for Latin Small Letter L (U+006C) is l.

Are Outlined Latin Capital Letter I and Latin Small Letter L the same Unicode character?

No. Outlined Latin Capital Letter I is U+1CCDE (decimal 117982) and Latin Small Letter L is U+006C (decimal 108). They are separate codepoints.

What are the UTF-8 encodings of Outlined Latin Capital Letter I and Latin Small Letter L?

Outlined Latin Capital Letter I (U+1CCDE) encodes as F0 9C B3 9E in UTF-8. Latin Small Letter L (U+006C) encodes as 6C in UTF-8.

Outlined Latin Capital Letter I vs Latin Small Letter L

Compare two Unicode characters side by side — encodings, HTML entities, escape sequences, and Unicode properties. Useful for distinguishing visually similar characters like hyphens and dashes, quotation marks, or homoglyphs.

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Outlined Latin Capital Letter I

U+1CCDE

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Latin Small Letter L

U+006C

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Property Comparison

Property	Outlined Latin Capital Letter I	Latin Small Letter L
Codepoint	`U+1CCDE`	`U+006C`
Decimal	`117982`	`108`
HTML Entity	`𜳞`	`l`
HTML Decimal	`𜳞`	`l`
HTML Hex	`𜳞`	`l`
UTF-8	`F0 9C B3 9E`	`6C`
UTF-16	`D8 33 DC DE`	`00 6C`
UTF-32	`0001CCDE`	`0000006C`
CSS Escape	`\1CCDE`	`\6C`
JS Escape	`\uD833\uDCDE`	`\u006C`
Python Escape	`\U0001CCDE`	`\u006C`
URL Encoded	`%F0%9C%B3%9E`	`l`
Category	`Other Symbol (So)`	`Lowercase Letter (Ll)`
Block	`Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement`	`Basic Latin`
Script	`Common`	`Latin`
Bidi Class	`L`	`L`
Unicode Version	`16.0`	`1.1`

Rows highlighted in amber differ between the two characters.

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