U+1F02 "ἂ" Greek Small Letter Alpha with Psili and Varia Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ἂ
U+1F02 "ἂ" Greek Small Letter Alpha with Psili and Varia is a polytonic Greek letter that combines the base alpha with two diacritical marks: the psili, which represents a smooth breathing mark indicating the absence of an initial h sound, and the varia, a grave accent that denotes a low or falling pitch in ancient Greek pronunciation. This character is used in scholarly editions of classical texts, such as works by Homer or the Greek New Testament, where precise accentuation and breathing are required to convey historical phonetics and grammar. It is encoded in the Unicode Greek Extended block and is supported by fonts that include polytonic Greek glyphs, making it essential for accurate digital representation of ancient Greek writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F02 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Greek Small Letter Alpha with Psili and Varia |
| Block | Greek Extended |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ἀ" U+1F00 Greek Small Letter Alpha with Psili "̀" U+0300 Combining Grave Accent |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ἂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ἂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xBC 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1F02 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001F02 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1f02 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ἂ" U+1F0A Greek Capital Letter Alpha with Psili and Varia |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ἂ" U+1F0A Greek Capital Letter Alpha with Psili and Varia |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ἂ" U+1F0A Greek Capital Letter Alpha with Psili and Varia |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ἂ" U+1F0A Greek Capital Letter Alpha with Psili and Varia |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Greek |
| Script Extensions | Greek |
| 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 |