U+0DB9 "ඹ" Sinhala Letter Amba Bayanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ඹ
U+0DB9 "ඹ" Sinhala Letter Amba Bayanna is a distinct consonant in the Sinhala abugida, representing the sound of a prenasalized voiced bilabial stop and is used primarily in middle and final positions of words, often as a result of sandhi or compound formation. It is considered a complex character that combines the qualities of a nasal and a plosive, and its name "Amba Bayanna" literally translates to "mango Bayanna," referencing the word for mango where this letter commonly appears. This character occupies a specific place in the Sinhala alphabet, reflecting the language's rich phonological system and its adaptation of Indic script traditions to represent sounds not found in other regional scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DB9 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Amba Bayanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ඹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ඹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB6 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DB9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0db9 |