Unicode Character "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "ا" at code point U+0627 is Arabic Letter Alef. 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 "ا" is 0xD8 0xA7 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x0627.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0627 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Alef |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ا |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ا |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD8 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0627 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000627 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0627 |