U+0D83 "ඃ" Sinhala Sign Visargaya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ඃ
U+0D83 "ඃ" Sinhala Sign Visargaya is a diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script to represent a sound similar to a voiceless breath or aspiration, often occurring at the end of a syllable. In linguistic terms, it functions as a visarga, a concept inherited from the Brahmic family of scripts, which denotes a post-vocalic aspiration typically derived from Sanskrit loanwords. This character is not a standalone letter but a modifier that appears after a vowel or consonant, subtly altering the pronunciation by adding a soft, trailing h sound. It is primarily encountered in formal or classical Sinhala texts, religious contexts, and transliterations, contributing to the precise phonetic articulation required in traditional recitations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D83 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Sign Visargaya |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ඃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ඃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D83 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D83 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d83 |