U+0DA0 "" Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Cayanna Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Sinhala Source: Browser Default

U+0DA0 "" Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Cayanna is a fundamental consonant in the Sinhala script, representing the unaspirated, voiceless palatal affricate sound /t͡ʃa/, similar to the 'cha' in the English word "chat". As the first letter in the Sinhala alphabet's fourth row, it belongs to the group of palatal consonants and is used in writing both native Sinhala words and loanwords. The term "Alpapraana" signifies that it is a "light" or unaspirated sound, distinguishing it from its aspirated counterpart, the Mahapraana Cayanna.

General Properties

Code Point
U+0DA0
Name
Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Cayanna

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ච
HTML Hex Encoding
ච
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xB6 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0DA0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000DA0
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0da0