Ꜣ is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EGYPTOLOGICAL ALEF, code point U+A722 (decimal 42786) in the Latin Extended-D block, added in Unicode 5.1. In HTML write Ꜣ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EA 9C A2.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+A722 |
| Decimal | 42786 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA 9C A2 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | A722 |
| UTF-32 | 0000A722 |
| HTML decimal | Ꜣ |
| HTML hex | Ꜣ |
| CSS | \A722 |
| JavaScript | \uA722 |
| JSON | \uA722 |
| Python | \uA722 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EGYPTOLOGICAL ALEF} |
| Java, C# | \uA722 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A722} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uA722 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EA%9C%A2 |
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 EGYPTOLOGICAL ALEF |
| Code point | U+A722 (decimal 42786) |
| Block | Latin Extended-D (U+A720–U+A7FF) |
| 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
- ꜣ U+A723 Latin Small Letter Egyptological Alef — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-D
- ꜠ U+A720 Modifier Letter Stress And High Tone
- ꜡ U+A721 Modifier Letter Stress And Low Tone
- ꜣ U+A723 Latin Small Letter Egyptological Alef
- Ꜥ U+A724 Latin Capital Letter Egyptological Ain
- ꜥ U+A725 Latin Small Letter Egyptological Ain
- Ꜧ U+A726 Latin Capital Letter Heng
- ꜧ U+A727 Latin Small Letter Heng
- Ꜩ U+A728 Latin Capital Letter Tz
- ꜩ U+A729 Latin Small Letter Tz
- Ꜫ U+A72A Latin Capital Letter Tresillo
All 206 characters: Latin Extended-D.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ꜣ?
- Use Ꜣ (decimal) or Ꜣ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+A722?
- EA 9C A2 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EA%9C%A2.
- How do I write U+A722 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uA722. Python: \uA722.
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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