U+0D8A "ඊ" Sinhala Letter Iiyanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ඊ
U+0D8A "ඊ" Sinhala Letter Iiyanna is a vowel character in the Sinhala script, used in the Sinhala language primarily spoken in Sri Lanka. It represents a long front unrounded vowel sound, similar to the 'ee' in the English word "see" but held for a longer duration. This character is part of the Sinhala block in Unicode and is encoded at code point U+0D8A, falling within the range for Sinhala vowels. In written Sinhala, it functions as an independent vowel, appearing at the beginning of words or after a consonant in its combined form with a diacritic, and it is essential for proper spelling and pronunciation in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D8A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Iiyanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ඊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ඊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D8A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D8A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d8a |