U+0DF3 "ෳ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Gayanukitta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0DF3 "ෳ" Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Gayanukitta is a combining diacritical mark used in the Sinhala script to represent a specific vowel sound, primarily in the transliteration of Pali and Sanskrit texts. This character, which takes the form of a curved mark typically attached below a consonant letter, modifies the inherent vowel of the base character to produce a lengthened or distinct phonetic value. Its addition to the Sinhala Unicode block helps scholars and linguists accurately preserve and digitally represent historical and religious manuscripts where this rare vowel sign appears.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0DF3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Gayanukitta |
| 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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0DF3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000DF3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0df3 |