U+0D9E "" Sinhala Letter Kantaja Naasikyaya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Sinhala Source: Browser Default

U+0D9E "" Sinhala Letter Kantaja Naasikyaya is a character from the Sinhala script used to write the Sinhala language in Sri Lanka, where it represents a specific retroflex nasal sound, typically transliterated as "ṇa". Despite its traditional linguistic function, this character gained widespread recognition outside of its original language context through its resemblance to the faces of the Among Us video game characters, leading to its use as a meme and a symbol in online communities during the game's surge in popularity starting in 2020. This cultural phenomenon has made the character more well known to a global audience than its original purpose as a phonetic element in Sinhala writing.

General Properties

Code Point
U+0D9E
Name
Sinhala Letter Kantaja Naasikyaya

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ඞ
HTML Hex Encoding
ඞ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xB6 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0D9E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000D9E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0d9e