U+0DD0 "ැ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Ketti Aeda-Pilla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DD0 "ැ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Ketti Aeda-Pilla is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script, which is the writing system for the Sinhala language primarily spoken in Sri Lanka. This vowel sign represents the short vowel sound commonly transcribed as "æ" or "ä" and is appended above the preceding consonant letter to modify its inherent vowel, creating a distinctive glyph in the Sinhala abugida. It is part of the Sinhala Unicode block and is essential for correctly rendering words such as "කැ" (kae) or "මැ" (mae), playing a crucial role in accurate orthography and pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DD0 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Vowel Sign Ketti Aeda-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 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DD0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DD0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dd0 |