U+0DDE "ෞ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva Haa Gayanukitta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DDE "ෞ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva Haa Gayanukitta is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script to represent the vowel sound that combines the base vowel "Gayanukitta" with the preceding modifier "Kombuva Haa," typically denoting a long or extended diphthong-like pronunciation. As a combining mark, it is placed above the consonant it modifies to alter its inherent vowel sound, specifically creating a sound similar to the English "ow" or "au" in words like "cow" or "house." This character is essential for accurately writing certain loanwords and native Sinhala terms, and it is encoded in the Sinhala block of the Unicode Standard, which supports the script used primarily in Sri Lanka.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DDE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva Haa Gayanukitta |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ෙ" U+0DD9 Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva "ෟ" U+0DDF Sinhala Vowel Sign Gayanukitta |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ෞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ෞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB7 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DDE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DDE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dde |