උ is the Unicode character SINHALA LETTER UYANNA, code point U+0D8B (decimal 3467) in the Sinhala block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write උ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 B6 8B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0D8B |
| Decimal | 3467 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 B6 8B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0D8B |
| UTF-32 | 00000D8B |
| HTML decimal | උ |
| HTML hex | උ |
| CSS | \D8B |
| JavaScript | \u0D8B |
| JSON | \u0D8B |
| Python | \u0D8B |
| Python by name | \N{SINHALA LETTER UYANNA} |
| Java, C# | \u0D8B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{D8B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0D8B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%B6%8B |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | SINHALA LETTER UYANNA |
| Code point | U+0D8B (decimal 3467) |
| Block | Sinhala (U+0D80–U+0DFF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Sinhala |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Nearby in Sinhala
- U+0D82 Sinhala Sign Anusvaraya
- U+0D83 Sinhala Sign Visargaya
- අ U+0D85 Sinhala Letter Ayanna
- ආ U+0D86 Sinhala Letter Aayanna
- ඇ U+0D87 Sinhala Letter Aeyanna
- ඈ U+0D88 Sinhala Letter Aeeyanna
- ඉ U+0D89 Sinhala Letter Iyanna
- ඊ U+0D8A Sinhala Letter Iiyanna
- ඌ U+0D8C Sinhala Letter Uuyanna
- ඍ U+0D8D Sinhala Letter Iruyanna
- ඎ U+0D8E Sinhala Letter Iruuyanna
- ඏ U+0D8F Sinhala Letter Iluyanna
- ඐ U+0D90 Sinhala Letter Iluuyanna
- එ U+0D91 Sinhala Letter Eyanna
- ඒ U+0D92 Sinhala Letter Eeyanna
- ඓ U+0D93 Sinhala Letter Aiyanna
All 91 characters: Sinhala.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for උ?
- Use උ (decimal) or උ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0D8B?
- E0 B6 8B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%B6%8B.
- How do I write U+0D8B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0D8B. Python: \u0D8B.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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