U+0DAD "ත" Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Tayanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ත
U+0DAD "ත" Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Tayanna is a fundamental consonant in the Sinhala script, representing the unaspirated dental stop sound /t/, akin to the t in the English word 'stop'. As an alpapraana (non-aspirated) letter, it is articulated with minimal breath release, contrasting with its aspirated counterpart. This character is a core component of the Sinhala alphabet, used extensively in writing the Sinhala language of Sri Lanka, and serves as the initial letter in the formation of syllables when combined with vowel diacritics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DAD |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Tayanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ත |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ත |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DAD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DAD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dad |