Unicode Character "ɑ" (U+0251)

The character ɑ (Latin Small Letter Alpha) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0251. It is encoded in the IPA Extensions block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ɑ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Latin Small Letter Alpha
Unicode Codepoint U+0251
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block IPA Extensions
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Character Case

Case Lowercase
Uppercase character Ɑ (U+2C6D)

Other Unicode Data

Category Lowercase Letter
Script Latin
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0251 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ɑ
HTML (hex) ɑ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %C9%91
CSS \000251
JavaScript, JSON \u0251
C, C++, Java \u0251
Python \u0251
Rust \u{0251}
Ruby \u0251

How to type "ɑ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 5 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 5 1. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ɑ
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ɑ
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ɑ
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xC9 0x91
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0251
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000251

Characters based on "ɑ" (U+0251)

References