U+0A86 "આ" Gujarati Letter Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
આ
U+0A86 "આ" Gujarati Letter Aa is a vowel character used in the Gujarati script, representing the long vowel sound "ā" as in the English word "father." It is derived from the Brahmic script family and serves as an independent vowel, distinct from the conjunct vowel sign that appears with consonants. This character is integral to writing Gujarati words, such as "આકાશ" meaning sky, and it occupies a specific position in the Unicode standard to ensure consistent digital representation across platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A86 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Aa |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | આ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | આ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A86 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A86 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a86 |