U+0DEE "෮" Sinhala Lith Digit Eight Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DEE "෮" Sinhala Lith Digit Eight is a numeric glyph used in the Sinhala script of Sri Lanka, specifically representing the digit eight in the traditional lith or astrological numeral system. It belongs to the Sinhala block within the Unicode Standard and is distinct from the standard Sinhala digit for eight, serving historical and ceremonial roles in inscriptions, horoscopes, and ancient accounting practices. This character is encoded for digital preservation and accurate rendering of old Sinhala texts where lith digits were employed, ensuring that scholars and users can properly display and process this cultural numeral in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DEE |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Lith Digit Eight |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ෮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ෮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB7 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DEE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DEE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0dee |