Ɑ is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA, code point U+2C6D (decimal 11373) in the Latin Extended-C block, added in Unicode 5.1. In HTML write Ɑ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 B1 AD.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2C6D |
| Decimal | 11373 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 B1 AD |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2C6D |
| UTF-32 | 00002C6D |
| HTML decimal | Ɑ |
| HTML hex | Ɑ |
| CSS | \2C6D |
| JavaScript | \u2C6D |
| JSON | \u2C6D |
| Python | \u2C6D |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA} |
| Java, C# | \u2C6D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2C6D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2C6D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%B1%AD |
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 ALPHA |
| Code point | U+2C6D (decimal 11373) |
| Block | Latin Extended-C (U+2C60–U+2C7F) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 5.1 |
Upper and lower case
- ɑ U+0251 Latin Small Letter Alpha — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-C
- ⱥ U+2C65 Latin Small Letter A With Stroke
- ⱦ U+2C66 Latin Small Letter T With Diagonal Stroke
- Ⱨ U+2C67 Latin Capital Letter H With Descender
- ⱨ U+2C68 Latin Small Letter H With Descender
- Ⱪ U+2C69 Latin Capital Letter K With Descender
- ⱪ U+2C6A Latin Small Letter K With Descender
- Ⱬ U+2C6B Latin Capital Letter Z With Descender
- ⱬ U+2C6C Latin Small Letter Z With Descender
- Ɱ U+2C6E Latin Capital Letter M With Hook
- Ɐ U+2C6F Latin Capital Letter Turned A
- Ɒ U+2C70 Latin Capital Letter Turned Alpha
- ⱱ U+2C71 Latin Small Letter V With Right Hook
- Ⱳ U+2C72 Latin Capital Letter W With Hook
- ⱳ U+2C73 Latin Small Letter W With Hook
- ⱴ U+2C74 Latin Small Letter V With Curl
- Ⱶ U+2C75 Latin Capital Letter Half H
All 32 characters: Latin Extended-C.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ɑ?
- Use Ɑ (decimal) or Ɑ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2C6D?
- E2 B1 AD (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%B1%AD.
- How do I write U+2C6D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2C6D. Python: \u2C6D.
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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