Ǎ is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CARON, code point U+01CD (decimal 461) in the Latin Extended-B block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ǎ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C7 8D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+01CD |
| Decimal | 461 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C7 8D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 01CD |
| UTF-32 | 000001CD |
| HTML decimal | Ǎ |
| HTML hex | Ǎ |
| CSS | \1CD |
| JavaScript | \u01CD |
| JSON | \u01CD |
| Python | \u01CD |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CARON} |
| Java, C# | \u01CD |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1CD} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u01CD |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C7%8D |
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 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CARON |
| Code point | U+01CD (decimal 461) |
| Block | Latin Extended-B (U+0180–U+024F) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CARON is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+01CD. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Upper and lower case
- ǎ U+01CE Latin Small Letter A With Caron — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-B
- Dž U+01C5 Latin Capital Letter D With Small Letter Z With Caron
- dž U+01C6 Latin Small Letter Dz With Caron
- LJ U+01C7 Latin Capital Letter Lj
- Lj U+01C8 Latin Capital Letter L With Small Letter J
- lj U+01C9 Latin Small Letter Lj
- NJ U+01CA Latin Capital Letter Nj
- Nj U+01CB Latin Capital Letter N With Small Letter J
- nj U+01CC Latin Small Letter Nj
- ǎ U+01CE Latin Small Letter A With Caron
- Ǐ U+01CF Latin Capital Letter I With Caron
- ǐ U+01D0 Latin Small Letter I With Caron
- Ǒ U+01D1 Latin Capital Letter O With Caron
- ǒ U+01D2 Latin Small Letter O With Caron
- Ǔ U+01D3 Latin Capital Letter U With Caron
- ǔ U+01D4 Latin Small Letter U With Caron
- Ǖ U+01D5 Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Macron
All 208 characters: Latin Extended-B.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ǎ?
- Use Ǎ (decimal) or Ǎ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+01CD?
- C7 8D (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C7%8D.
- How do I write U+01CD in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u01CD. Python: \u01CD.
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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