U+0D92 "ඒ" Sinhala Letter Eeyanna Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0D92 "ඒ" Sinhala Letter Eeyanna is a vowel sign representing the long 'e' sound in the Sinhala alphabet, where it holds an independent form used at the beginning of syllables or words that start with this vowel. This character is distinct from the vowel diacritic that modifies consonants, and it is typically pronounced with an elongated vowel quality similar to the 'a' in the English word "care" or the 'e' in "they". In the Sinhala writing system, which is an abugida derived from the Brahmi script, ඒ is classified within the twelfth vowel position and plays a key role in accurately spelling and pronouncing words in the modern Sinhala language spoken in Sri Lanka.

General Properties

Code Point U+0D92
Version Added 3.0
Name Sinhala Letter Eeyanna
Block Sinhala
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ඒ
HTML Hex Encoding ඒ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB6 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0D92
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000D92
C/C++/Java Escape \u0d92

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Sinhala
Script Extensions Sinhala
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter