U+1D2C "ᴬ" Modifier Letter Capital A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1D2C "ᴬ" Modifier Letter Capital A is a superscript or raised version of the uppercase letter A, used in phonetic transcription to indicate a secondary articulation, a reduced vowel quality, or a weak release in speech sounds, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet and other linguistic notation systems. As a modifier letter, it does not stand alone as a full character but instead alters or adds detail to a preceding or following base letter, such as in transliterations or precise phonetic representation of languages. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital encoding of these specialized linguistic marks, preserving the distinction between a full capital A and its smaller, elevated form used for phonetic precision.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D2C
Version Added 4.0
Name Modifier Letter Capital A
Block Phonetic Extensions
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Super
Decomposition Mapping "A" U+0041 Latin Capital Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᴬ
HTML Hex Encoding ᴬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB4 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1D2C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001D2C
C/C++/Java Escape \u1d2c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Other Lowercase Yes
Case Ignorable Yes
Cased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold "a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
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