U+0561 "ա" Armenian Small Letter Ayb Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0561 "ա" Armenian Small Letter Ayb is the first letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the sound /ɑ/ and serving as the lowercase form of the uppercase letter Ա (U+0531). In the Armenian script, which was created by Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD, this character holds a foundational role, appearing at the start of the alphabet and symbolizing the beginning of both written language and cultural identity for Armenian speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0561 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Armenian Small Letter Ayb |
| Block | Armenian |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ա |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ա |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD5 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0561 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000561 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0561 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ա" U+0531 Armenian Capital Letter Ayb |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ա" U+0531 Armenian Capital Letter Ayb |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ա" U+0531 Armenian Capital Letter Ayb |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ա" U+0531 Armenian Capital Letter Ayb |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Armenian |
| Script Extensions | Armenian |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |