U+0DE8 "෨" Sinhala Lith Digit Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DE8 "෨" Sinhala Lith Digit Two is a numeral used in the Sinhala script to represent the number two within a specific historical and liturgical numbering system known as Sinhala Lith numerals, which were traditionally employed in astrology, astronomy, and ancient Sinhala manuscripts for marking dates and calculations. It is distinct from the standard modern Sinhala digit for two, as the Lith digits are a separate set of characters encoded for scholarly and historical text preservation, with this particular glyph appearing as a stylized, angular symbol that is visually unique from everyday numerals.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DE8 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Lith Digit Two |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ෨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ෨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB7 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DE8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0de8 |