ಅ is the Unicode character KANNADA LETTER A, code point U+0C85 (decimal 3205) in the Kannada block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ಅ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 B2 85.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0C85 |
| Decimal | 3205 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 B2 85 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0C85 |
| UTF-32 | 00000C85 |
| HTML decimal | ಅ |
| HTML hex | ಅ |
| CSS | \C85 |
| JavaScript | \u0C85 |
| JSON | \u0C85 |
| Python | \u0C85 |
| Python by name | \N{KANNADA LETTER A} |
| Java, C# | \u0C85 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{C85} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0C85 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%B2%85 |
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 | KANNADA LETTER A |
| Code point | U+0C85 (decimal 3205) |
| Block | Kannada (U+0C80–U+0CFF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Kannada |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Kannada
- ಀ U+0C80 Kannada Sign Spacing Candrabindu
- U+0C81 Kannada Sign Candrabindu
- U+0C82 Kannada Sign Anusvara
- U+0C83 Kannada Sign Visarga
- ಄ U+0C84 Kannada Sign Siddham
- ಆ U+0C86 Kannada Letter Aa
- ಇ U+0C87 Kannada Letter I
- ಈ U+0C88 Kannada Letter Ii
- ಉ U+0C89 Kannada Letter U
- ಊ U+0C8A Kannada Letter Uu
- ಋ U+0C8B Kannada Letter Vocalic R
- ಌ U+0C8C Kannada Letter Vocalic L
- ಎ U+0C8E Kannada Letter E
All 92 characters: Kannada.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ಅ?
- Use ಅ (decimal) or ಅ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0C85?
- E0 B2 85 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%B2%85.
- How do I write U+0C85 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0C85. Python: \u0C85.
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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