U+10780 "𐞀" Modifier Letter Small Capital Aa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐞀

U+10780 "𐞀" Modifier Letter Small Capital Aa is a relatively recent addition to the Unicode Standard, introduced as part of the Latin Extended-F block in version 14.0 (released in 2021). This character represents a small capital two-story form of the letter "A", functioning as a diacritic modifier used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the framework of the Extended IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and certain orthographies for minority languages. Its primary purpose is to denote a specific sound quality or to modify the pronunciation of a preceding or following letter, often indicating a less open or more centralized vowel quality than the regular lowercase "a". As a modifier letter, it follows the convention of superscripting to attach to base characters, and its encoding helps standardize digital representation for linguistic and academic documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+10780
Version Added 14.0
Name Modifier Letter Small Capital Aa
Block Latin Extended-F
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐞀
HTML Hex Encoding 𐞀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9E 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF80
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010780
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf80

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
Other Lowercase Yes
Case Ignorable Yes
Cased Yes
Script Latin
Script Extensions Latin
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower