U+0DF2 "ෲ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Gaetta-Pilla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ෲ
U+0DF2 "ෲ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Gaetta-Pilla is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script to represent the long vowel sound "oo" (comparable to the "oo" in "boot") when attached to a consonant, specifically denoting the vowel sign for "ū" in the Sinhala language. It is visually distinct as a curved mark that appears above the consonant character, altering its inherent vowel sound from a short to a long one. This character is essential for accurately writing Sinhala words that require the elongated "ū" sound, particularly in formal literary and spoken contexts, and it is part of the broader Sinhala block within the Unicode standard, ensuring proper digital representation and interoperability across modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DF2 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Gaetta-Pilla |
| Block | Sinhala |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ෲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ෲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB7 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DF2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DF2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0df2 |