U+0DC4 "හ" Sinhala Letter Hayanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
හ
U+0DC4 "හ" Sinhala Letter Hayanna is a fundamental consonant in the Sinhala script of Sri Lanka, representing the voiceless glottal fricative sound /h/ as in the English word "hat." It belongs to the Sinhala block of Unicode, specifically positioned as the 34th consonant in the Sinhala alphabet, and is used extensively in writing the Sinhala language, where it can combine with vowel modifiers to form various syllables. The character’s rounded, flowing form reflects the typical aesthetic of the Sinhala script, which is derived from the ancient Brahmi script, and it plays a key role in forming common words, including those for "heart" (හදවත) and "laughter" (හිනා).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DC4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Letter Hayanna |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | හ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | හ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB7 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DC4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DC4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dc4 |