U+1D43 "ᵃ" Modifier Letter Small A Unicode Character

U+1D43 "ᵃ" Modifier Letter Small A is a superscript or raised version of the lowercase letter A, used in phonetic transcription systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet to indicate a secondary articulation, a reduced vowel, or the release of a preceding consonant. It functions as a diacritic-like modifier that alters the sound of a base character without representing a full, independent letter. This character is part of the Unicode block Phonetic Extensions and is commonly employed in linguistic texts to denote a weaker, shorter, or more fleeting pronunciation of the vowel sound.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D43
Version Added	4.0
Name	Modifier Letter Small 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+0061 Latin Small Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᵃ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᵃ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB5 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1D43
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001D43
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1d43

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