U+0D91 "එ" Sinhala Letter Eyanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
එ
U+0D91 "එ" Sinhala Letter Eyanna is the first vowel in the Sinhala abugida, representing the independent form of the short vowel sound /e/ as in the English word "bet." This character is used at the beginning of syllables or words, while its corresponding diacritic form, known as a vowel sign, is attached to consonant letters to modify their inherent vowel sound. In the Sinhala writing system, Eyanna plays a fundamental role in forming basic vocabulary and is essential for accurate pronunciation and literacy in the Sinhala language, which is spoken primarily in Sri Lanka.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D91 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Eyanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | එ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | එ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D91 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D91 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d91 |