U+0DCF "ා" Sinhala Vowel Sign Aela-Pilla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DCF "ා" Sinhala Vowel Sign Aela-Pilla is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script to represent the long vowel sound "ā" as in the English word "father." It is placed after a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, changing it from a short 'a' sound to a longer, more emphasized one. This vowel sign is essential for accurate spelling and pronunciation in Sinhala, a language spoken primarily in Sri Lanka, and it appears frequently in both formal and informal written contexts to distinguish word meanings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DCF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Vowel Sign Aela-Pilla |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ා |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ා |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB7 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DCF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DCF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dcf |