U+0D8C "ඌ" Sinhala Letter Uuyanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ඌ
U+0D8C "ඌ" Sinhala Letter Uuyanna is a vowel letter used in the Sinhala script to represent the long vowel sound /uː/ similar to the "oo" in "boot" but with an elongated duration. It is part of the Sinhala alphabet where it is distinct from its short counterpart and is often employed in writing to differentiate word meanings or grammatical forms. This character appears in various native Sinhala words and transliterations from other languages, and its correct display requires a font that supports the Sinhala Unicode block.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D8C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Uuyanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ඌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ඌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D8C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d8c |