U+0D95 "ඕ" Sinhala Letter Ooyanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ඕ
U+0D95 "ඕ" Sinhala Letter Ooyanna is a vowel in the Sinhala script, representing the long vowel sound "ō" as in the English word "so". It belongs to the Sinhala block of Unicode and is used in the Sinhala language of Sri Lanka, where it appears in both literary and colloquial contexts. This character is a distinct syllable-specific letter, differing from the short vowel "ඔ" and is often employed in words to denote extended vowel length, which can change meaning or grammatical function. Its shape is a curved, open form with a diacritical-like tail, typical of Sinhala vowel letters, and it is encoded for digital use across various platforms and software that support Unicode.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D95 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Ooyanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ඕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ඕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D95 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D95 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d95 |