U+0DA8 "ඨ" Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Ttayanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ඨ
U+0DA8 "ඨ" Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Ttayanna is a consonant in the Sinhala script, specifically representing a retroflex, aspirated, voiceless stop sound, equivalent to the Sanskrit letter Ṭha. It belongs to the Sinhala block of the Unicode standard and is used predominantly in the Sinhala language spoken in Sri Lanka, particularly in words of Pali and Sanskrit origin. This character is part of a broader set of aspirated consonants in Sinhala orthography and is distinct from its unaspirated counterpart, enabling precise phonetic representation in written text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DA8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Ttayanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ඨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ඨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0da8 |