Ꜽ is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AY, code point U+A73C (decimal 42812) in the Latin Extended-D block, added in Unicode 5.1. In HTML write Ꜽ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EA 9C BC.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+A73C |
| Decimal | 42812 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EA 9C BC |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | A73C |
| UTF-32 | 0000A73C |
| HTML decimal | Ꜽ |
| HTML hex | Ꜽ |
| CSS | \A73C |
| JavaScript | \uA73C |
| JSON | \uA73C |
| Python | \uA73C |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AY} |
| Java, C# | \uA73C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A73C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uA73C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EA%9C%BC |
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 AY |
| Code point | U+A73C (decimal 42812) |
| 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
- ꜽ U+A73D Latin Small Letter Ay — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-D
- Ꜵ U+A734 Latin Capital Letter Ao
- ꜵ U+A735 Latin Small Letter Ao
- Ꜷ U+A736 Latin Capital Letter Au
- ꜷ U+A737 Latin Small Letter Au
- Ꜹ U+A738 Latin Capital Letter Av
- ꜹ U+A739 Latin Small Letter Av
- Ꜻ U+A73A Latin Capital Letter Av With Horizontal Bar
- ꜻ U+A73B Latin Small Letter Av With Horizontal Bar
- ꜽ U+A73D Latin Small Letter Ay
- Ꜿ U+A73E Latin Capital Letter Reversed C With Dot
- ꜿ U+A73F Latin Small Letter Reversed C With Dot
- Ꝁ U+A740 Latin Capital Letter K With Stroke
- ꝁ U+A741 Latin Small Letter K With Stroke
- Ꝃ U+A742 Latin Capital Letter K With Diagonal Stroke
- ꝃ U+A743 Latin Small Letter K With Diagonal Stroke
- Ꝅ U+A744 Latin Capital Letter K With Stroke And Diagonal Stroke
All 206 characters: Latin Extended-D.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ꜽ?
- Use Ꜽ (decimal) or Ꜽ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+A73C?
- EA 9C BC (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EA%9C%BC.
- How do I write U+A73C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uA73C. Python: \uA73C.
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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