Unicode Character "්" (U+0DCA)

The character ් (Sinhala Sign Al-Lakuna) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0DCA. It is encoded in the Sinhala block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.0 (September, 1999). It is HTML encoded as ්.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Sinhala Sign Al-Lakuna
Unicode Codepoint U+0DCA
Unicode Version 3.0 (September, 1999)
Block Sinhala
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Nonspacing Mark (NSM)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Nonspacing Mark
Script Sinhala
Combining Class Virama

U+0DCA Conversion

HTML (decimal) ්
HTML (hex) ්
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E0%B7%8A
CSS \000DCA
JavaScript, JSON \u0DCA
C, C++, Java \u0DCA
Python \u0DCA
Rust \u{0DCA}
Ruby \u0DCA

How to type "්"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 D C A. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 D C A. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ්
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ්
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ්
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xB7 0x8A
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0DCA
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000DCA

Characters based on "්" (U+0DCA)

  • ේ U+0DDA

    Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Kombuva

  • ෝ U+0DDD

    Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva Haa Diga Aela-Pilla

References