This is the Unicode character SINHALA VOWEL SIGN GAETTA-PILLA, code point U+0DD8 (decimal 3544) in the Sinhala block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ෘ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 B7 98.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0DD8 |
| Decimal | 3544 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 B7 98 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0DD8 |
| UTF-32 | 00000DD8 |
| HTML decimal | ෘ |
| HTML hex | ෘ |
| CSS | \DD8 |
| JavaScript | \u0DD8 |
| JSON | \u0DD8 |
| Python | \u0DD8 |
| Python by name | \N{SINHALA VOWEL SIGN GAETTA-PILLA} |
| Java, C# | \u0DD8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{DD8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0DD8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%B7%98 |
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 VOWEL SIGN GAETTA-PILLA |
| Code point | U+0DD8 (decimal 3544) |
| Block | Sinhala (U+0D80–U+0DFF) |
| General category | Mc: Spacing mark |
| 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+0DCA Sinhala Sign Al-Lakuna
- U+0DCF Sinhala Vowel Sign Aela-Pilla
- U+0DD0 Sinhala Vowel Sign Ketti Aeda-Pilla
- U+0DD1 Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Aeda-Pilla
- U+0DD2 Sinhala Vowel Sign Ketti Is-Pilla
- U+0DD3 Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Is-Pilla
- U+0DD4 Sinhala Vowel Sign Ketti Paa-Pilla
- U+0DD6 Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Paa-Pilla
- U+0DD9 Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva
- U+0DDA Sinhala Vowel Sign Diga Kombuva
- U+0DDB Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombu Deka
- U+0DDC Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva Haa Aela-Pilla
- U+0DDD Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva Haa Diga Aela-Pilla
- U+0DDE Sinhala Vowel Sign Kombuva Haa Gayanukitta
- U+0DDF Sinhala Vowel Sign Gayanukitta
- ෦ U+0DE6 Sinhala Lith Digit Zero
All 91 characters: Sinhala.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for SINHALA VOWEL SIGN GAETTA-PILLA?
- Use ෘ (decimal) or ෘ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0DD8?
- E0 B7 98 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%B7%98.
- How do I write U+0DD8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0DD8. Python: \u0DD8.
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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