Unicode Character "أ" U+0623 Arabic Letter Alef with Hamza Above
Unicode Version 15.1
أ
Summary
The unicode character "أ" at code point U+0623 is Arabic Letter Alef with Hamza Above. It is a character in the Arabic block and is part of the Arabic script. The character is an other letter. The UTF-8 encoding of "أ" is 0xD8 0xA3 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x0623.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0623 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Alef with Hamza Above |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Hamzah on Alef |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef "ٔ" U+0654 Arabic Hamza Above |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | أ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | أ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0623 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000623 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0623 |