Unicode Character "أ" (U+0623)

The character أ (Arabic Letter Alef With Hamza Above) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0623. It is encoded in the Arabic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as أ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Arabic Letter Alef With Hamza Above
Unicode Codepoint U+0623
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Arabic
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Arabic Letter (AL)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Arabic
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+0623 Conversion

HTML (decimal) أ
HTML (hex) أ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D8%A3
CSS \000623
JavaScript, JSON \u0623
C, C++, Java \u0623
Python \u0623
Rust \u{0623}
Ruby \u0623

How to type "أ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 6 2 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 6 2 3. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD8 0xA3
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0623
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000623

Characters based on "أ" (U+0623)

  • ﺃ U+FE83

    Arabic Letter Alef With Hamza Above Isolated Form

  • ﺄ U+FE84

    Arabic Letter Alef With Hamza Above Final Form

  • ﻷ U+FEF7

    Arabic Ligature Lam With Alef With Hamza Above Isolated Form

  • ﻸ U+FEF8

    Arabic Ligature Lam With Alef With Hamza Above Final Form

References