Letter 12 of 26
The letter L in braille
L is dots 1, 2 and 3.
Dots 1-2-3
Unicode ⠇ — U+2807
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 2 and 3 make a full vertical line down the left column — the longest straight line in the code and unmistakable under the finger.
How this cell is built
L belongs to decade 2. It is the letter b with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
bdot 3l
Easily confused with
These letters differ from L by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.
Practice words
Each word below starts with L, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
like
look
long
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, L means “like”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter l. See the contraction reference for the full list.