# U+0DCA SINHALA SIGN AL-LAKUNA

Sinhala virama sign, called al-lakuna, placed on a consonant to cancel its inherent vowel so it is pronounced alone.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0DCA |
| Name | SINHALA SIGN AL-LAKUNA |
| Also known as | virama |
| Block | [Sinhala](https://unicodekit.com/block/sinhala) |
| Script | Sinhala |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 3.0 |
| HTML | `්` `්` |
| CSS | `\DCA` |
| JavaScript | `\u0DCA` |
| UTF-8 | E0 B7 8A |
| UTF-16 | 0DCA |

## Related characters

- ෆ [U+0DC6 SINHALA LETTER FAYANNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DC6)
- ළ [U+0DC5 SINHALA LETTER MUURDHAJA LAYANNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DC5)
- [U+0DCF SINHALA VOWEL SIGN AELA-PILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DCF)
- හ [U+0DC4 SINHALA LETTER HAYANNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DC4)
- [U+0DD0 SINHALA VOWEL SIGN KETTI AEDA-PILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DD0)
- ස [U+0DC3 SINHALA LETTER DANTAJA SAYANNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DC3)
- [U+0DD1 SINHALA VOWEL SIGN DIGA AEDA-PILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DD1)
- ෂ [U+0DC2 SINHALA LETTER MUURDHAJA SAYANNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DC2)
- [U+0DD2 SINHALA VOWEL SIGN KETTI IS-PILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DD2)
- ශ [U+0DC1 SINHALA LETTER TAALUJA SAYANNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DC1)
- [U+0DD3 SINHALA VOWEL SIGN DIGA IS-PILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DD3)
- ව [U+0DC0 SINHALA LETTER VAYANNA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0DC0)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0DCA · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0DCA