U+0DD3 "ී" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Is-Pilla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DD3 "ී" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Is-Pilla is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script to represent the long vowel sound "ii" or "ee," modifying a consonant by adding a long /iː/ vowel. It appears as a curved or hooked sign written to the left of the consonant it accompanies, distinguishing it from the short vowel sign "Is-Pilla" (U+0DD2) which denotes a short /i/. This character is essential for accurate orthography in written Sinhala, as it changes the pronunciation and meaning of words, and is encoded in the Unicode Standard to enable correct digital representation of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DD3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Is-Pilla |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ී |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ී |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB7 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DD3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DD3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dd3 |