U+0DB9 "ඹ" Sinhala Letter Amba Bayanna Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ඹ
Source: Noto Sans Sinhala Source: Browser Default

U+0DB9 "ඹ" Sinhala Letter Amba Bayanna is a distinct consonant in the Sinhala abugida, representing the sound of a prenasalized voiced bilabial stop and is used primarily in middle and final positions of words, often as a result of sandhi or compound formation. It is considered a complex character that combines the qualities of a nasal and a plosive, and its name "Amba Bayanna" literally translates to "mango Bayanna," referencing the word for mango where this letter commonly appears. This character occupies a specific place in the Sinhala alphabet, reflecting the language's rich phonological system and its adaptation of Indic script traditions to represent sounds not found in other regional scripts.

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Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ඹ
HTML Hex Encoding
ඹ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xB6 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0DB9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000DB9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0db9