ա is the Unicode character ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER AYB, code point U+0561 (decimal 1377) in the Armenian block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ա, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D5 A1.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0561 |
| Decimal | 1377 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D5 A1 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0561 |
| UTF-32 | 00000561 |
| HTML decimal | ա |
| HTML hex | ա |
| CSS | \561 |
| JavaScript | \u0561 |
| JSON | \u0561 |
| Python | \u0561 |
| Python by name | \N{ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER AYB} |
| Java, C# | \u0561 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{561} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0561 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D5%A1 |
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 | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER AYB |
| Code point | U+0561 (decimal 1377) |
| Block | Armenian (U+0530–U+058F) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Armenian |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- Ա U+0531 Armenian Capital Letter Ayb — Uppercase
Nearby in Armenian
- ՙ U+0559 Armenian Modifier Letter Left Half Ring
- ՚ U+055A Armenian Apostrophe
- ՛ U+055B Armenian Emphasis Mark
- ՜ U+055C Armenian Exclamation Mark
- ՝ U+055D Armenian Comma
- ՞ U+055E Armenian Question Mark
- ՟ U+055F Armenian Abbreviation Mark
- ՠ U+0560 Armenian Small Letter Turned Ayb
- բ U+0562 Armenian Small Letter Ben
- գ U+0563 Armenian Small Letter Gim
- դ U+0564 Armenian Small Letter Da
- ե U+0565 Armenian Small Letter Ech
- զ U+0566 Armenian Small Letter Za
- է U+0567 Armenian Small Letter Eh
- ը U+0568 Armenian Small Letter Et
- թ U+0569 Armenian Small Letter To
All 94 characters: Armenian.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ա?
- Use ա (decimal) or ա (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0561?
- D5 A1 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D5%A1.
- How do I write U+0561 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0561. Python: \u0561.
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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