Unicode Character "Α" (U+0391)
The character Α (GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0391. It is encoded in the Greek and Coptic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as Α.
Main Unicode Properties
| Name | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA |
|---|---|
| Unicode Codepoint | U+0391 |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 (June, 1993) |
| Block | Greek and Coptic |
| Plane | Basic Multilingual Plane |
Bidirectional Data
| Bidirectional class | Left To Right (L) |
|---|---|
| Is mirrored? | No |
Character Case
| Case | Uppercase |
|---|---|
| Lowercase character | α (U+03B1) |
Other Unicode Data
| Category | Uppercase Letter |
|---|---|
| Script | Greek |
| Combining Class | Not Reordered |
U+0391 Conversion
| HTML (decimal) | Α |
|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | Α |
| HTML (named) | Α |
| URL Escape Code | %CE%91 |
| CSS | \0391 |
| JavaScript | \u{0391} |
| JSON | \u0391 |
| C, C++ | \U00000391 |
| Java | \u0391 |
| Python | \U00000391 |
| Rust | \u{0391} |
| Ruby | \u{0391} |
How to type "Α"
Preview
- Α Times, Times New Roman, serif
- Α Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
- Α Courier, Courier New, monospace
UTF Encodings
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xCE 0x91 |
|---|---|
| UTF-16 (hex) | 0x0391 |
| UTF-32 (hex) | 0x00000391 |
Characters based on "Α" (U+0391)
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Ά U+0386
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS
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Ἀ U+1F08
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH PSILI
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Ἁ U+1F09
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH DASIA
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Ᾰ U+1FB8
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH VRACHY
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Ᾱ U+1FB9
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH MACRON
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Ὰ U+1FBA
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH VARIA
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ᾼ U+1FBC
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH PROSGEGRAMMENI
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𝚨 U+1D6A8
MATHEMATICAL BOLD CAPITAL ALPHA
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𝛢 U+1D6E2
MATHEMATICAL ITALIC CAPITAL ALPHA
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𝜜 U+1D71C
MATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC CAPITAL ALPHA
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𝝖 U+1D756
MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD CAPITAL ALPHA
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𝞐 U+1D790
MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD ITALIC CAPITAL ALPHA