U+0061 "a" Latin Small Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0061 "a" Latin Small Letter A is the standard lowercase version of the first letter of the Latin alphabet, known for its simple, curved shape that is fundamental to written English and many other languages. In the Unicode standard, it occupies a core position within the Basic Latin block, being directly inherited from ASCII encoding where it holds the decimal value 97. This character serves as a cornerstone for text representation, appearing in countless words as both a vowel and the most frequently used letter in the English language, and it is essential for digital communication, programming, and data processing across all modern computing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0061
Name
Latin Small Letter A
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
a
HTML Hex Encoding
a
UTF-8 Encoding
0x61
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0061
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000061
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0061
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin