ඣ is the Unicode character SINHALA LETTER MAHAAPRAANA JAYANNA, code point U+0DA3 (decimal 3491) in the Sinhala block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ඣ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 B6 A3.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0DA3 |
| Decimal | 3491 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 B6 A3 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0DA3 |
| UTF-32 | 00000DA3 |
| HTML decimal | ඣ |
| HTML hex | ඣ |
| CSS | \DA3 |
| JavaScript | \u0DA3 |
| JSON | \u0DA3 |
| Python | \u0DA3 |
| Python by name | \N{SINHALA LETTER MAHAAPRAANA JAYANNA} |
| Java, C# | \u0DA3 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{DA3} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0DA3 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%B6%A3 |
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 MAHAAPRAANA JAYANNA |
| Code point | U+0DA3 (decimal 3491) |
| 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
- ඛ U+0D9B Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Kayanna
- ග U+0D9C Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Gayanna
- ඝ U+0D9D Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Gayanna
- ඞ U+0D9E Sinhala Letter Kantaja Naasikyaya
- ඟ U+0D9F Sinhala Letter Sanyaka Gayanna
- ච U+0DA0 Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Cayanna
- ඡ U+0DA1 Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Cayanna
- ජ U+0DA2 Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Jayanna
- ඤ U+0DA4 Sinhala Letter Taaluja Naasikyaya
- ඥ U+0DA5 Sinhala Letter Taaluja Sanyooga Naaksikyaya
- ඦ U+0DA6 Sinhala Letter Sanyaka Jayanna
- ට U+0DA7 Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Ttayanna
- ඨ U+0DA8 Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Ttayanna
- ඩ U+0DA9 Sinhala Letter Alpapraana Ddayanna
- ඪ U+0DAA Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Ddayanna
- ණ U+0DAB Sinhala Letter Muurdhaja Nayanna
All 91 characters: Sinhala.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ඣ?
- Use ඣ (decimal) or ඣ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0DA3?
- E0 B6 A3 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%B6%A3.
- How do I write U+0DA3 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0DA3. Python: \u0DA3.
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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