U+0DB9 "ඹ" Sinhala Letter Amba Bayanna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0DB9
Name
Sinhala Letter Amba Bayanna
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Sinhala