U+1042A "𐐪" Deseret Small Letter Long A Unicode Character

U+1042A "𐐪" Deseret Small Letter Long A is a character from the Deseret alphabet, a phonetic writing system developed in the mid-19th century by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under Brigham Young. This specific character represents the long "a" vowel sound, as in the English word "father," and is part of a script designed to simplify English spelling and improve literacy among Mormon pioneers in Utah. The character is classified in Unicode's Deseret block, which includes both uppercase and lowercase letters, and it is encoded for historical and digital preservation of this unique script, though it is rarely used in modern contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1042A
Version Added	3.1
Name	Deseret Small Letter Long A
Block	Deseret
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐐪
HTML Hex Encoding	𐐪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x90 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDC2A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001042A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udc2a

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	"𐐂" U+10402 Deseret Capital Letter Long A
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𐐂" U+10402 Deseret Capital Letter Long A
Uppercase Code Point	"𐐂" U+10402 Deseret Capital Letter Long A
Titlecase Code Point	"𐐂" U+10402 Deseret Capital Letter Long A
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Deseret
Script Extensions	Deseret
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