U+0DD6 "ූ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Paa-Pilla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DD6 "ූ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Paa-Pilla is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script to represent a long vowel sound, specifically the elongated version of the vowel 'u' (like the "oo" in "boot"). It is always written as a subscript glyph attached to the base consonant character, transforming its inherent vowel from short to long. As a key component of Sinhala orthography, this sign distinguishes meaning between words that differ only in vowel length, such as "බු" (bu) versus "බූ" (buu). Visually, it resembles a curved hook or loop beneath the consonant, and its proper placement is essential for accurate reading and writing in both traditional and digital Sinhala text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DD6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Paa-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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DD6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dd6 |