U+311A "ㄚ" Bopomofo Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄚ
U+311A "ㄚ" Bopomofo Letter A is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which is employed in Taiwan to transcribe the sounds of Mandarin Chinese, representing the vowel sound /a/ similar to the "ah" in "father". This character appears in the Unicode block "Bopomofo" and serves as a fundamental component in the syllabary, often combined with other Bopomofo letters to denote initial consonants, tones, and medial glides for precise phonetic notation. Its visual design consists of a simple, vertical stroke with a slight hook at the bottom, reflecting the standardized calligraphic style of the writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+311A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter A |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x311A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000311A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u311a |